Spring has Sprung

These are shots from this past week. My digital camera was in the shop for about 10 days. I was very happy to have it back. While it was in the shop I was shooting film, but have not scanned the negatives yet. Maybe soon. :)

God bless.

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Commands

We are to begin each day with God. Every breath we take should be a powerful reminder that our Father has granted us another day of life to serve him. Each heartbeat is God's drumbeat of love, reminding us that we are blessed with another minute to offer him our best. This blessing is so easily forgotten. We best remember these truths when we teach them and show them and live them with and before our children. But, let's not leave their learning these truths to our example alone. Let's find teachable moments to explain our faith, to praise our Heavenly Father, and to teach God's truth.

Almighty God, Gracious Sustainer, and Undeserved Friend, thankyou! Thank you for this breath I take and for the heartbeat that sustains my life. Make me aware as I travel and talk and rest and work that you are there and are worthy of my intentional best. In the name of Jesus, my gracious sacrifice I pray. Amen.

God bless

Maranatha

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Be strong!

Never alone! What a promise. God will go with him, and us, through all the seasons of life, through all our ups and downs, through temptations and triumphs, even through death (cf. Psalm139). So we can take courage and feel his strength. We are not alone!

O God who is and was and is to come, thank you for being there and staying there when all others forsake and leave. You are the one constant in my life so full of change. Help me become more steadfast and faithful in my commitments and relationships to honor you and to learn more about you. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

Today I faced a very big fear I have been fighting for quite sometime. While in the machine I focused on His works, when it was over all I could do was say Praise God!!

Shabbot Shalom

Maranatha

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Chosen

Abba Father, thank you for bringing me into your family. May I never disappoint you in the way I treat others. May they see in me the qualities of character that can be attributed only to your presence in my life. To you be the glory and the honor, forever and ever, in the name of Jesus my Lord. Amen.

Maranatha

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A Shield

Maranatha

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Salvation

"Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. There's just something about that name!"The words to the song are right. Salvation from what is warped and broken in our world is found in no one else. He is our Savior because he was willing to come to this world, bear our limitations, shame, and sin and then triumph over them.

Through the precious name of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, myLord, I thank and praise you, God Most High. Your love has given the sacrifice for my sin and your power has given me the assurance of my resurrection from the dead. Your Son's willingness to spend a lifetime with us has given me a Great High Priest who intercedes with empathy for my struggles. His example lets me know of your great love. Thank you, O God! Thank you for being so gracious and giving me such a wonderful Savior. Amen.

Maranatha

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His Covenant

God is faithful and his covenant is a covenant of love. He will not forsake us and will treat us better than we deserve just as a loving parent treats a rebellious child better than s/he deserves. But our hearts must be tuned to honor God as God, not as just a good luck charm or a weekly guest into our otherwise busy lives. What we do must be done in awareness that it is done before and for him!

Faithful God, thank you for loving me so sacrificially and steadfastly. Thank you for the way you preserved your promises to the Israelites and brought Jesus just as you promised. I trust your promise to send him back to bring me home to you. Please receive the deeds and words of this day as my thanks to you for your covenant of love with me and those I love. In the name of Jesus, your gift of love, I pray. Amen.
As it says here He made a promise or covenant with the Israelites - us! Through research of ancient writings it has been found that the lost tribes found their way to Europe and of course to America as the Caucasians. From the birth right handed down to Epham and Mannesha the covenant God made with Abraham is still alive through those who accept His son into their lives. If you want to learn more of this awesome study let me know.

Praise God!

Blessings

Waiting Christ's return

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God's Love

Yes, if we can accept the commands and statues of our Lord and live accordingly, than we can be sure He will keep His Covent according to the scriptures.

God bless

Maranatha

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How Great Thou Art

We sang this hymn today and the words are so awesome.

God has saved us and called us to a holy life -- not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. -- 2 Timothy 1:9

Before the beginning of time! How do you understand when that was. God first thought of us at a time we cannot even begin to understand! His reason for thinking of us was to demonstrate his grace and call others to his side. Jesus has always been God's plan and we have always been his goal. Let's make sure we respond by living his holy life!
Thank you so much, Father, for knowing me and thinking of my needs even before there was a world. I dedicate this day, the days that follow, to your honor as I try to live a life that reflects your righteousness and grace. In the name of Jesus, the one who had no sin, I pray. Amen.

God bless

Maranatha

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Green-wing Teal

Caught them just as they were taking flight.

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Meadow Lark

These guys usually hide making them very hard to get a shot of. But this one seemed to be curious of me and I got off a dozen nice shots for my files.

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Blackbirds

These black birds stick out nicely with a good background.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all of our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. -- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
We are comforted to comfort others. God doesn't bless us with his presence and comfort of his Spirit because we are somehow better than everyone else. No, he comforts us to equip, empower, and encourage others. God has human hands, but only when I use mine to his glory and for others comfort.

Tender Shepherd, there have been times when I was so broken I could not go on. I know my strength to continue came from your rich grace and mercy. Please use me this week to offer your comfort and love to others so they may feel your warm embrace and come to yearn more for the day we see you face to face in heaven. Through my brother Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Amen!!

Maranatha,

God bless,

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White Bird

Love this beautiful creature. I have spent many hours watching it searching for food. Getting a shot of it with a fish is hard to catch since they are so fast to swallow them. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Sorry for the copyright marks, but thieves do search for other's work.

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Deer

This buck must have just lost his horns. Looks kinda funny with out 'em. :)

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. -- Psalm 73:25-26

What can truly fulfill and sustain us? Maybe the best way to answer that question is by asking another: What can we keep when our bodies are placed silently in their graves at death? Only our relationship with God and his people lasts beyond the grave. If he is what lasts, then how can we displace him for anything that doesn't?

Mighty Yahweh, Strength of Israel, Keeper of the Covenant and Fulfillment Maker of every prophecy, you are my hope, my strength and my future. I live this day in wide open amazement that the Keeper of the Universe knows my name, hears my voice, and cares for me. Thank you for being my past, my present, and my future, the Great I Am. Through my Savior I pray. Amen.

God Bless

Maranatha

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The Webs

A foggy morning left these sitting in midair over a marsh.

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