Olive Tree Blog

Welcome to the home of the 1-Minute Photo Devotion, published every Thursday.

"But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; my trust is in the tender mercy of God forever and ever." - Psalm 52:9

Lisa Livezey

Dec 8, 20221 min read

Under His Wing

You sift through my travels and my rest; with all my ways you are familiar. – Psalm 139:3 (NAB) No matter my location – land, sea, sky –...

Lisa Livezey

Dec 1, 20221 min read

A Bypassed Gate

Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in...

Lisa Livezey

Nov 24, 20221 min read

Thanks Anew

O sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. - Psalm 96:1 (RSV) Wash us anew in the water of a grateful...

Lisa Livezey

Nov 17, 20221 min read

The "Tion-ing"

I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God. – Ezra 9:5 (DRA) Are you feeling “shunned” by another person? Are you...

Lisa Livezey

Nov 10, 20221 min read

Wasp Happened?

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. – Psalm 30:5 The imposters took up residence. When the seasons...

Lisa Livezey

Nov 3, 20221 min read

Rock and a Hard Place

Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left... He will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace. –...

Lisa Livezey

Oct 27, 20221 min read

6:14 a.m.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. - Genesis 1:5 (RSV) Sitting in the cockpit of a sailboat anchored in a quiet...

Lisa Livezey

Oct 3, 20221 min read

Lifetime Guarantee

God gives a lifetime guarantee that things will go wrong.

Lisa Livezey

Sep 24, 20221 min read

Apropos Acorn

"The point is this...he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." - 2 Corinthians 9:6

Lisa Livezey

Sep 14, 20221 min read

Come, My Light

"Come, my Light, and illumine my darkness. Come, my Life, and revive me from death."

Lisa Livezey

Aug 30, 20221 min read

Refiner's Fire

"It must be burnt with fire." - Leviticus 13:57. "Behold, I make all things new." - Revelation 21:5.

Lisa Livezey

Jul 31, 20221 min read

Pipe Up!

"The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created." - Ezekiel 28:13 (NKJV)

Lisa Livezey

Jul 11, 20221 min read

He's A Creep

"And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind...creeping things'...And it was so." - Genesis 1:24

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