Week 21 - Adventure [Aaron]

Adventure - this word reminds me of paths. 

They lead to new places and they allow one to explore new areas.

They are even somewhat mysterious.

Week 20 - Reflection [Aaron]

Week 20 - Reflection [Jeannette]

Reflections fascinate me. I've always loved reflections.

I wouldn't mind doing reflection every month.

I'm not sure why reflections are so mesmerizing. But considering reflections makes me think of how we are to be like reflections of Christ. Like a reflection, the image is distorted and muted, yet it causes you to look for the real thing. Pretty neat.

Week 20 - Reflection [Rebekah]

Reflection.

An image mirrored.

Thinking intently upon something in the past, or someone now, or even looking at yourself.

Reflections are calm, but somehow a little bit eerie.

Like this.

Week двадцать - Reflection [Parker]

When I reflected on the word reflection I did not think of things that reflect other things but rather of things reflecting on things. Reflection is when you are thinking long and hard about something. It is contemplating something so deep that your mind can barely comprehend the depths of it.

That's what I have for you. I didn't get much notice for this word so I had to improvise. But look at how hard he is reflecting on that hand.

Week 19 - Blue [Aaron]

Blue is definitely one of my favorite colors. Either blue or green. But after looking through these pictures, I again find myself debating about my favorite color. I hope you like these as much as I do!

How appropriate to have a Blue Heron in our pond this week.

Week 19 - Blue [Rebekah]

Blue.

Calm, sophisticated, delightful. Enduring, placid, encouraging. Quaint, delicate, strong.

Blue is antique china plates tucked away in an old farmhouse cupboard. It's linen tablecloths draped across a rough-hewn table. It's an ocean deep, a river running wild. 

That's what I see blue as. I guess that's why it's my favorite color. It's just so lovely and complex.

So here's a picture that shows what I feel blue is.

By the way, I apologize for all of our late responses these last few weeks. I have become lazy in both choosing words to do, and carrying out my visions. Hopefully we will pick up again soon! (hint hint to the people in the VP)

Week 19 - Blue [Jeannette]

Blue is perhaps my favorite color. There are so many different connotations that blue can have.

Week девятнадцать - Blue [Parker]

I decided to go with a different, slightly darker take on this week's word.

Week 18 - Sunshine [Rebekah]

Sunshine.

Warm Sunshine.

Green grass, a gentle breeze, blue skies.

I was playing with a little girl outside last night. She was swinging, and I was pushing her. I don't remember how it came up, but I told her that God made the sky blue. 

"Dod made me da sky boo?" she asked wonderingly. (She inserts "me" randomly into sentences.)

"Yes," I said, smiling. "God made the sky blue."

And for about two minutes, as she swung back and forth, she repeatedly said, "Dod made me da sky boo. Dod made me da sky boo? Dod made me da sky boo."

You might be wondering how my little story has to do with sunshine. Well, just like God made the sky blue, God has also made the sunshine. It is amazing to gaze at creation and see His wonderful handiwork. To feel the green, green, grass underneath your feet and look at the blue, blue sky above is to see God's glory manifested in what He has made.

These pictures show what I think of when I think "sunshine". Sunshine isn't simply the sun shining, it's a spring day, with the sunlight dappled through the trees. Sunshine is a picnic (which is precisely where most of these pictures are from!). Sunshine is happy bare feet walking on soft green grass. And most of all, sunshine is God's lovingkindness to us, and His glory displayed clearly to us. Hopefully I have captured a bit of God's glory in these pictures. But the awesome thing is that these pictures come nowhere close to the true extent of God's glory. No matter how beautiful any picture may be, the glory of that picture can never come close to the glory of God.

But anyways- here is sunshine.

It's wonderful to enjoy sunshine. Jeannette and I took a picnic last week, and I didn't want to do anything but sit quietly on the blanket and enjoy the trees rustling and the white clouds floating and the birds sweetly chirping. But we must beware lest we forget the Great Creator who made it all by His mighty word.

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened."

Romans 1:18-21

So may we not simply enjoy nature and sunshine, but recognize God as the Lord and Creator of it all. His eternal power and divine nature is evident to us through creation- may that cause us to honor and praise Him. For if you do not honor Him as God...if you do not serve Him as King...remember this: 
He is coming back to judge. 

Week 18 - Sunshine [Jeannette]

 Sunshine.

The essence of sunshine is captured in a dandelion. These poorly esteemed "weeds" provide such cheerful color when few flowers are yet open, and such fun for the children from chains to blowing the seeds-the very epitome of a sunshiny day.

 

The other thing that is the very epitome of a sunshiny day is going barefoot.

Barefoot, in fields of dandelions, with butterflies, and the sun radiating over all...'tis sunshine at its best.

Week 18 - Sunshine [Aaron]

"The Lord is my light and my salvation -- whom shall I fear?" 

                                                                                                        ~Psalm 27:1 

"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." 

                                                                                                                                               ~John 8:12 

He is the light and God of salvation. 

He has made this world and deserves all of our honor and praise.