God’s creation never fails to take my breath away. This was our view for an entire week in early June at a lovely place called Arlington Lakes. If you’ve been noticing any of my patterns in the past couple of years, you’ll easily guess why. It’s the perfect spot to pop in a kayak and hang out with loons, like I showed you last week.
Romans 1:20 says: For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (NLT)
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Last Week on Inspy Romance
On Monday, Valerie Comer wondered, can people change?
On Tuesday, Milla Holt invited us to go to church
On Wednesday, Liwen Y Ho announced Christmas in July at Freedom Ridge… and #giveaway
On Thursday, Deb Kastner introduced us to national I Love Horses Day
On Friday, Laurie Larsen discussed family sagas, real and imagined… and #giveaway
On Saturday, Mandi Blake welcomed us home on the ranch
Next Week on Inspy Romance
Monday: Teresa Tysinger (Sample My Newest Novel + Giveaway)
Tuesday: Narelle Atkins (Summer 2021 Romance Reads – Provenance + Beyond the Tides)
Wednesday: Janine Rosche (The Cliche Scene That Will Never Get Old)
Thursday: Melanie D Snitker (Welcome to Kitner, Texas + Free Book)
Friday: Tara Grace Ericson (Behind the Scenes: Planning a Series)
Saturday: Jan Thompson (National Parents’ Day)
Such a great little lake for paddling!
New Releases
July 2021
Sapphire Sentiments (Pot of Gold Geocaching Romance 3) by Valerie Comer
The Marine’s Mission (Rocky Mountain Family 3) by Deb Kastner
So You Love Your Best Friend’s Sister (So You Want to be a Billionaire 3) by Elizabeth Maddrey
Redeeming the Cowboy (Blackwater Ranch 6) by Mandi Blake
His Daughter’s Teacher (Love Off Limits 3) by Hannah Jo Abbott
August 2021
Amethyst Attraction (Pot of Gold Geocaching Romance 4) by Valerie Comer
So You Have My Secret Baby (So You Want to be a Billionaire 4) by Elizabeth Maddrey
Husband Auditions by Angela Ruth Strong
We had a bit of rain the last couple of days we were there, and watching the fog rise from the lake in the morning was a beautiful sight!
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
What a beautiful place! Those pictures are wonderful! His power, love and kindness are there to be seen if we are willing not to turn from the truth. Praise His Name on this gift of a Sunday morning!
Congratulations to our winners and wishes for a great week to come! :-)
Your pictures always make me want to go there!! BC is definitely on my bucket list of places to visit!!! I missed this blog while I was on vacation!! I decided not to go back and try to read all 12 days that I missed, though! It was unintentional that I’d “unplug” from so much, though I think it was also good for me, too! This is the first thing I’ve gotten back to on a regular basis!
Yes, glimpses of God are everywhere if we only look for them. It’s a beautiful Sunday morning here, too. I’m not used to the LUXURY of going to in-person church yet, but we’re headed off shortly. So, so thankful.
Glad to see you back, Trudy! But yes, sometimes we really need to completely unplug. I’ll be doing that the last week of July. It’s a bit painful, though! So much FOMO (fear of missing out).
What a beautiful area. The picture of the fog rising from the lake is awesome!
God heaped so much beauty in British Columbia it takes my breath away!
It does look like a beautiful spot.
:)
I definitely love seeing all your photos Valerie. Such a beautiful area to camp & kayak in! I honestly don’t know how anyone CAN’T see God in creation, it’s all around us :-)
Another beautiful Sunday. I was able to go to church for the first time in over a year, and I didn’t know how much I missed it! Our church has been open for a while but I’ve chosen to stay away because of the grand-girl’s safety (we’re raising her) & there’s been no kids church. We had a missionary family from Japan come and minister to us & I wanted to be a part of that, plus we had fellowship time with coffee and goodies. It was SUCH a refreshing time!! It felt like having a cool drink of water after being in the desert for so long :-) I cant wait for next week!!
Congrats to the winners this week! God bless everyone here at IR.
I’m glad you enjoy the photos! Today was my second time in church since BC opened up and it was such a thrill. Things opened more quickly/ thoroughly than expected so we were caught a little off-guard. Our pastor is on vacation! But he’d already set up swaps with other pastors to exchange recorded sermons, so we had LIVE singing and worship and a recorded message, which was still wonderful!
Beautiful blessings from God.
May you be blessed, as well.
The pictures are stunning. Thank you so much for sharing. Congratulation to the winners. God bless you.
Have a great week :)
I love your photos!! It just makes me always think of my home due to the river here. I bet it’s very nice to visit there.
It looks like a nice place. Congrats to the winners!
I’d love to live beside a river or lake or (preferably) ocean. But we are on plain flat farmland, thankfully surrounded by mountains!
Thank you!
Gorgeous pictures! It looks so peaceful.
It really was.
Beautiful Pictures!
Thank you!
I probably have more nature photos on my phone that people photos!
LOL my phone is full of food photos. And a lot of nature and grandgirls.