Praying for Time...

"Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But it doesn't pull God down to us it pulls us up to him." William Franklin (Billy) Graham



A child stands beside a soldier after getting humanitarian aid in Port-au-Prince Photo: REUTERS

"The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer." Catherine Wood Marshall




Carrie Underwood - Praying For Time - Idol Gives Back 2008

"Before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." Isaiah 65:24

"Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. This then, is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven..." Matthew 6:8-9

"In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words." Romans 8:26

Outside my window...

WINDOW CLEANER post by logan5

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteouness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6







Frank Gehry's dancing windows by Mounirzok
post by peachfizzy

"Any talk about God that fails to take seriously the righteousness of God as revealed in the liberation of the weak and downtrodden is not Christian language." James Cone



"Outside My Window" by Sarah Buxton

"There is never an act of faith without risk." Eric James

"Do not be one of those who , rather risk failure, never attempt anything." Thomas Merton

"Love is the greatest of all risks . . . the giving of myself. But dare I take this risk, driving into the swirling waters of living fidelity? Jean Vanier

Yesterday...

ORANGE YESTERDAY by Straw Beth
strawbeth.deviantart.com/

"The past cannot be changed, but our response to it can be." Erwin W. Lutzer






"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a know God." Corrie Ten Boom



Yesterday-Leona Lewis

"We know not what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future." Willis J. Ray


"God plans, like lilies, pure and white unfold;
we must not tear the close-shut leaves apart;
Time will reveal the chalices of gold."
--May Louise Riley Smith

Stormy Days Ahead...

ISLAND STORM

"The strength of a man consists in finding out which way God is going, and going that way too." Henry Ward Beecher




Storm on the Buffalo River by Cheri L. Robbins, Artist
http://cherirobbins.com/about.html

"The road is long and hard and difficult. Never be afraid. You won't be if you understand where you are and why you are here." Catherine de Heuck Doherty





Classics IV - Stormy (1968)

"In the spiritual journey we travel through the night toward the day. We walk not in the bright sunshine of total certainty but through the darkness of ignorance, error, muddle and uncertainty. We make progress in the journey as we grow in faith." Christopher Bryant

Jacob's Dream

Two Brothers and Their Dog
Artist:John W. Mills

Gift of Dr. Harry Towsley. In 2001, the original Towsley Garden was remodeled into a meditation garden, with the sculpture placed as one focal point. A new plaque was also installed which describes the creation of the original Towsley Garden. Mills was a visiting professor and artist-in-residence at UM in 1980. He also sculpted the bust of Jean Paul Slusser, which stands outside the Slusser Gallery in the Art and Architecture Building.




Jacobs Dream, By Alison Krauss

"Other men see only a hopeless end, but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope." Gilbert Brenken

"Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds." Thomas Benton Brooks




Illustration by Corbert Gauthier
"Jacob’s Dream," 2005, oil on board, 18x23
Concordia Publishing, client
http://corbertgauthier.net/biblical3.html


Jacob's Dream

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Genesis 28:11-22

I can't tell you why...

Thousands feared dead in Haiti.

I can't tell you why but I can tell you that ....

"It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while HE is the End of our journey, HE is also at every stopping place." Elisabeth Elliot






"Be kind. Remember that everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Harry Thompson





THE EAGLES - I Can't Tell You Why

"The entrance fee into the kingdom of God is nothing; the annual subscription is all we possess." Henry Drummond

Personal comment: Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon I heard this song on the radio by The Eagles and for some reason I decided to pull together this Pixtal Peep but without the comment at the top about the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Little did I know that horrific destruction was about to happen but the Holy Spirit knew. You see it is our Heavenly Father who knows who, what, when, where and why. One of the biggest comforts that I have in my life is knowing God is ALWAYS in charge.

Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop

Girl in a Coffee Shop (Sold)

Claudia's Art
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Latte art...

"Let each of you LOOK not to your own interest, but to the interest of others." Philippians 2:4 NRSV

"Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg

"Love is an action, an activity. It is not a feeling." M. Scott Peck