Stories by Larry

Welcome to Stories by Larry. On this site, you will find stories that we hope will make you laugh, cry, smile, or think. We also hope these stories will touch your heart in some way. Maybe some will even help change your life. We hope you enjoy and tell others about Stories by Larry. Larry Whiteley

God’s Great Outdoors

The outdoors is a great place to worship God and talk to Him. It can be sitting in the shade in your backyard, tending the garden, working in the fields, around a campfire, in a tree waiting for a deer to walk by, or reeling in a fish.

For many years, I have used quotes from others to enhance my stories through written and spoken words. Quotes can speak volumes. I pray these powerful words from others will touch you and help you to appreciate and be thankful for all that God created.

“Thank God I have seen an orange sky with purple clouds. How easy it is to forget that we have the privilege of living in God’s art gallery.”

                                                                                                       – Erica Goros

“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.”                                                                                           – Martin Luther

“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than in books, for they speak with the voice of God.”

                                                                                                      – George Washington Carver

“The best remedy for those afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy amidst the simple beauty of nature.”

                                                                                                       – Anne Frank

“The place seemed holy, where one might hope to see God. After dark, when the camp was at rest, I groped my way back to the altar boulder and passed the night on it, above the water, beneath the leaves and stars, everything still more impressive than by day, the fall seen dimly white, singing natures old love song with solemn enthusiasm, while the stars peering through the leaf-roof seemed to join in the white waters song. Precious night, precious day to abide in me forever. Thanks be to God for this immortal gift.”                                                                                              

                                                                                                       –  John Muir

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