I was going to weave some sort of story with these images…. but decided just to offer them for enjoyment.. 😀
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Just been listening to this –
It’s about finding faith in God, but still being afraid of the changes ahead – the unknown…. I remember feeling like this, back when I was just starting to get to know Him. It occurs to me that I will always be heading into the unknown, in one way or another… sometimes Egypt still flashes temptingly before me. I see what it lacks more clearly every day…. but I still have to be on the journey, facing the right way 😀
I don’t know this one as well, but it seemed a good sequel 😀
Here’s another one…
And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. – Psalm 39:7
See…
O Lord
Help me to see
From an “Eternity” perspective.
When the tinsel glitters
And the tree lights twinkle
Help me to see
Past the superficial
To the Real Thing…
To remember that
All those years ago
You came down.
A helpless baby
In a hostile world.
When the busyness
Overwhelms
In this world
With its own hostilities
Help me to see
That you are still here
Precious One –
Prince of Peace,
Who came to die
To save my life.
Help me to see
The manger, long ago
Where God’s Master Plan
Resided
In a fragile child,
And hope prevailed.
You showed Your love –
Oh, how You love us!
In the bustle and the noise,
Help me to see
The Gift.
Fortress
I’d hoped to post a clip of this, but can’t find one…
This is the song that’s been running through my head, probably since last night… it’s an old one, haven’t sung it for years! Here’s the lyrics –
Our Confidence Is In The Lord – (Noel Richards)
Our confidence is in the Lord
The source of our salvation
Rest is found in Him alone
The Author of creation
We will not fear the evil day
Because we have a refuge
In every circumstance we say
Our hope is built on Jesus
He is our fortress
We will never be shaken
He is our fortress
We will never be shaken
We will put our trust in God
We will put our trust in God
Lamentations
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD….
..For no one is cast off
by the Lord forever.
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.
Lamentations 3:22-32
Salvation Mountain
In the mid-80s, in the desert near Niland, California, a man called Leonard Knight decided to build a huge monument to proclaim that “God is Love”. 25 years later, this is what it looks like…
Between 1921 and 1954, near Los Angeles, an Italian immigrant called Simon Rodia decided to build some towers. This is what he came up with….
What I love about these types of stories is that they are of people who had big visions (even if they didn’t know where they were going at first) and they went ahead and did them… I’m sure there were moments of self doubt in there, the voices that questioned and mocked, but they did it anyway! Perhaps I need to remember their stories, when I feel stuck in mine….
1000 Fields of Roses 