Waterville 

“Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” But Naaman went away angry, and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand there before me, calling on the name YHWH and wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. ~ 2 Kin

Why did you despise the word of YHWH by doing what you did, which is evil in YHWH’s eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own. You murdered Uriah with the sword of the Ammonites. ~ 2 Samel 12:9 For a bird larger than a goose, American Bitterns are surprisingly adept at disappearing in a marsh. It doesn’t hurt that marshes tend to be filled with reeds and other tall grasses. Anything shorter than the vegetation is basically impossible

If you do not want to worship YHWH, then make the decision today whom you will worship, even if it is the gods of your ancestors beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you live. As for me and my household, we will worship YHWH.~ Joshua 24:15 Common Murres are relatives of the Atlantic Puffin, and can be found nesting on some of the same coastal islands as their cousins. They, however, do not nest in burrows, but right out on the edge of rocky cliffs

You saw for yourselves what I did to Egypt, how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. If you now listen to my voice and keep my covenant, then out of all people you will be my cherished ones. ~ Exodus 19:4-5 As any Mainer can tell you, Loons will carry their young on their backs, more between than on their wings, but definitely carrying them. Some other waterfowl will do the same. There is no record of a bird in flight carrying its young. In an age before