Tides

Glenelg South Australia

"Can you see the air you breath? Can you see the force that moves the tides 

or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a winter haven?..

.. Oh Marcus, you can't carve God out in stone, you can't limit 

him to a temple. You can't imprison him to a mountaintop.

Heaven is his throne;  Earth, his footstool. Everything you see

is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails."

A Voice in the Wind

Francine Rivers

Flourish

`For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord,

 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 

plans to give you a hope and a future'

Jeremiah 29 : 11

Vine

`The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependant on it,

can still ripen a bunch of grapes 

as if it had nothing else in the universe to do'

Galileo Galilei

Grace

Anyway

Nicole Nordeman

'Bless the day

this restoration is complete

Dirty dusty something must be underneath

So I scrape and I scuff

Though it's never quite enough

I'm starting to see me finally

Gallery of paintings new and paintings old

I guess it's no surprise that I'm no Michael Angelo

Every layer of mine hides a lovely design

It might take a little patience

It might take a little time

But you called me beautiful 

When you saw my shame 

And you placed me on the wall

anyway'

*****

But he was pierced for our transgressions,

he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace

was upon him,

and by his wounds we are 

healed.

Isaiah 53:5 

(NIV)

Worth

`What is the price of two sparrows - one copper coin?

Yet not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your father knowing it.

And the very hairs on your head are numbered 

So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows'

Matthew 10 : 29-31

( NLT )

Awakening

For the First Time

The Afters

`There's a different sunrise

It's a different world

In a way I feel like

I have just begun.

Like I don't remember 

waking up from a dream-

All my chains are broken

And it feels so free

I can breathe, for the first time

I can see, for the first time

It's like you've opened my eyes 

I can feel my heart is coming alive

I can breathe, for the first time

for the first time'

Contemplate

 

`Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable,

whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable

- If there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise - think about these things'

Philippians 4:8 

(NRSV)

Haven

Haven;

  1.(n): a harbour or anchorage: port

                  2.(n) a place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Fourth Edition. 

Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000

Gratitude

Every good and perfect gift is from above, 

coming down from the Father of heavenly lights; 

who does not change like shifting shadows

James 1:17

Peace

Better Days

Robbie Seay Band

`Green grass, and I'm laying in the sunlight of you

and the wind is moving through the trees ushering you

and the better days you bring,

the better places found

Feasting at your table - I am overwhelmed

 I lift my glass and drink to love that

never gave up

Clouds pass fading into memories gone

and all I have to show for life is life and love and peace

What else could there be?

Here come better days

and here come better days

better days and a better place I know`

Morning

Great is his faithfulness;

his mercies begin afresh each morning

Lamentations 3: 23

Captivated

Captivated 

Shawn McDonald

`When I look into the mountains

I see your fame

When I look into the night sky

it sparkles your name

The wind and the clouds and the blue in the sky

The sun and the moon and the stars so high

that's what draws me to You

I am, I'm captivated by You

in all that You do

I am, I'm captivated`..