Yellowstone National Park: A 30-Day Devotional (National Park Devotionals, #1) / National Park Devotionals (ePub)

Millions of people visit Yellowstone National Park each year. This devotional book takes you on a tour of the park, starting at the Roosevelt Arch and pausing at places like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Upper and Lower Falls, Yellowstone Lake Hotel, Old Faithful Inn, Castle Geyser, Grand Prismatic Spring, and more. If you're in the park, you could read the devotional for each corresponding location. Or sit back and recall the highlights of your trip as you read through the devotional readings.

As we explore God's creation in Yellowstone National Park, we discover a recurring theme of God's faithfulness. Each devotional reading ends with a prompt for reflection or journaling.

1. The Roosevelt Arch
2. Hot Springs
3. Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
4. Fort Yellowstone
5. Mount Everts
6. Roosevelt Lodge
7. The Gray Wolves of Lamar Valley
8. Mount Washburn
9. Thomas Moran and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
10. Eternity (Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone)
11. Upper and Lower Falls
12. Bison of Hayden Valley
13. Yellowstone Lake Hotel
14. Yellowstone's Yellow Tour Buses
15. Eagles over Yellowstone Lake
16. The Night Sky
17. Thunderstorm
18. Old Faithful Geyser
19. Old Faithful Inn
20. Photographs of William Henry Jackson
21. Castle Geyser
22. Daisy Geyser
23. The Rocks Will Cry Out
24. Geysers
25. Sulfur
26. Grand Prismatic Spring
27. Elk of Madison River
28. Steamboat Geyser - What a Blast!
29. Mudpots
30. Bears in Gardiners Hole

Bonus Content

1. Seasons
2. Spring Rain
3. Summer Wildflowers
4. Autumn Mornings in the Firehole River Valley
5. First Snow at Fountain Paint Pot

The Roosevelt Arch

On April 24, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner, Montana. The majestic arch built of stone was completed by the US Army. The arch includes an inscription from the 1872 legislation that created Yellowstone as the first national park: "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People."

People arrived in Gardiner by train and were loaded onto horse-drawn carriages. But the wide-open landscape of Gardiner, Montana needed a defined entrance to provide a sense of arrival. The Roosevelt Arch remains an iconic landmark to this day.

When we arrive somewhere for the first time, it's helpful to have markers to indicate we're in the right place. God encouraged his people to put up spiritual road signs so they could find their way back to him (Jeremiah 31:21). He also reminded them to ask for directions to find the old, godly way and walk in it (Jeremiah 6:16). If they would walk on the godly path, they would find rest.

Sometimes we are determined to blaze a new trail, when God has laid out an established path that would be easier. If we would follow the signs left for us, we would walk with peace and confidence.

Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Mark well the path by which you came. Come back again, my virgin Israel; return to your towns here.

Jeremiah 31:21

This is what the LORD says: "Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, 'No, that's not the road we want!'"

Jeremiah 6:16

Do you tend to blaze trails or follow the established path? Ask God what kind of path you are on, what road signs to look for, and whether you are on the right path.