Sometimes creation shouts and is able to reveal more about God’s eternal power and divine nature than words alone. As Words Before travels, we take photos of places we visit, with the hope of catching a glimpse of His invisible qualities.
Swimming at Riwaka Resurgence
Riwaka

Riwaka resurgence is the ‘source’ of the Riwaka river. Out of the mountain flows this constant stream of icy cold, pure water that has been hidden underneath the Takaka hills.… Read More

Stormy oceans off Karaka Point, Marlborough.
Picton

Storms can be beautiful, fierce, & powerful. Storms cleanse and wash away, they test and tear down; they end drought and bring flood. They cause death but they also produce new life.… Read More

Wellington Harbour, calm and still.
Wellington

Earlier this week it was still, calm, and serene over Wellington Harbour. When your livelihood is connected to the weather, you become good at reading the skies and watching the signs for a change of weather or season.… Read More

Bush walk in Hemi Matenga Memorial Park.
Kapiti Coast

Temptation resides on either side of the narrow path we walk, yet it has no power unless we leave the path to engage it. Just because we can see it in our peripheral vision does not mean it has diverted our course.… Read More

Tararua Ranges wind farm.
Tararua

This wind farm in the Tararua Ranges can supply 75,000 homes using enormous turbines with individual rotor blades that are 45 meters long. Yet, Jesus Christ commands the wind with three words:… Read More

Ocean washing on to stony beach.
Napier

Water moves: waves surge, rain falls, snow melts, rivers run, springs rise, geysers shoot. Yet the power to move always comes from somewhere else: sun, gravity, wind, thermal.… Read More

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