Belief

'Somethings have to be believed to be seen'

Ralph Hodgson

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'