I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to take spring pictures, knowing the best time is when I can. When I will. When I do. Like all important things.
You never have that problem I’m sure. It’s just me??
This morning I walked out the front door with the camera and started taking pictures of whatever seems to tickle my fancy and seems poised for the occasion.
I was reminded how absolutely amazing life is. The beauty of living things has such a stark contrast to what is dead.
Take a preview by clicking on any picture, all taken within 100 feet of our house. Most were in the lawn which my wife mows. Kind of. She mows between all the flower patches as she can’t seem to just mow the whole lawn…Yes, your imagination of lawn mower trails through the tall grass are somewhat correct.
From the Chickadee gathering nest material, the blades of grass moving with a breeze, to the flowers I didn’t identify, the yard was alive. Amazing how I just take this all for granted and it’s right outside the house.
Did you notice all the dead stuff? I didn’t either.
This is an illustration of eternity you know. When someone or something dies they are gone and the signs they ever lived begin to fade away.
I found a very symbolic picture of death, old growth and new growth. It’s always challenging to me when I see the new growth on the ends of trees especially. It makes me ask “am I growing?” Mentally, physically, socially and spiritually, “am I growing?”
Consider what Jesus said about life and death: And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12
This is why it’s important to know Jesus. Don’t wait for the best time to believe and be a follower of Jesus. To be alive and not dead is everything. I took all these pictures today and I am amazed. Again.
By the way, my wife will let me mow the grass in a month or so and it will look like a well manicured lawn again…The flowers will grow back (that’s what I tell her).
Beautiful photos Gary. Lovely scripture on being alive in Christ. Blessings
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Thank you so much Suzette. I think the flowers all smiled at me. The rabbits not so much.
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I do wish I had your camera, Gary. The snaps are so crisp and detailed. Beautiful as always.
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Thanks G.W. the T3i canon camera is considered old now so it’s probably cheaper??
Then there’s the lenses…
You do quite well yourself with your camera though
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Wow, beautiful assortment of photos, and challenging thoughts, especially the question “am I growing?” I feel pretty old and prickly and I think the Lord spends a fair amount of time cutting away the dead stuff and pruning back the wild growth. I’m glad he is so faithful and knows what he is doing, unlike the guy who has been “maintaining” our landscaping, lol.
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Thanks Craig. The challenge for me is in the trusting, that God is really doing what’s best. the “your will be done” is hard to say.
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Yes, yes it is. And each time we make that choice, something dead falls away and something new sprouts forth.
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Beautiful photos & lessons in your piece today.
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Thank you so much. Sometimes those lessons hit me hard.
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Agreed
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Eye has not seen, ear has not heard what God has prepared for them that love Him!
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More true than we can fathom Ted
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“The best time is when I can. When I will. When I do.”
This is a powerful thought, Gary.
Great pictures, too, as always.
God’s best to you.
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Thanks so much David.
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You do have a way with that camera! The photos are beautiful! We are blessed with God’s amazing earth and a vision of what eternity will be…our lives bound up with Him forever.
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Thanks Linda. Nature hints around the bush constantly about the eternal
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Thanks. It was a surprise lesson for me.
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You are absolutely right…did not notice the dead stuff! Beautiful pictures. God’s creative work in nature is amazing.
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Thanks Stephanie. As you know, those insights happen on the spot, quickly. Like the thought just “came” without warning.
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Great point, Gary.
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Thanks Mitch. I find myself preaching to myself a lot
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I love the way God is always speaking to us in nature, if we are listening.
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So true Ann. Our listening ability and then our response-ability is the key.
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Amazing pictures.👌
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Thank you very much.
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Love these pictures
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Thanks Jim.
The wonder of seeing beauty is that we were created to have that capacity. To see and be moved within and then in turn Worship Our creator for the whole of it
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