And when you descend
Face the forceful wind
upon one leg suspend
And dare it to upend.
Friday, March 8, 2013
When Winds
When winds wisp briskly
Face the force and ply
into the bluster directly
Then ascend and quickly
fly
Tis much easier to turn into the wind and let it sweep us away. But then, we gain no strength in going with the wind. Easier to avoid asking forgiveness when you know the fault was not yours, easy to hold a grudge, to feel always dumped upon, easy to ignore the hurting one, easy to think upon your own needs, wants,desires.
Against the wind
Go
Against the wind
Thursday, March 7, 2013
I know not this man
I know not this man of whom ye speak.
Mark xiv.71But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter iii.18
I feel that there are two things it is impossible to desire with sufficient ardor, ---personal holiness and the honor of Christ in the salvation of souls.
McCheyne
There are so named holy men who talk continually of Christ in a way that somehow draws one away from Him. I want to be the man of which it is said, He drew all men unto Christ. Burn away the harsh and caustic words that point to my own glory, my own knowledge, my own piety.
Help me to discover the wisdom of love, of a desire to follow so compelling that nets,cameras and poetic books are dropped in the path.
Water Wanderer
Yesterday afternoon I took a walk along the Suwannee by Bell Springs up to Robinson Branch Falls and back. The river is up from the two day rain recently.
Penned the following poem:
River Writer
Written upon the Suwannee
Poetry sent down stream
Swirling words of beauty
Written with a light beam.
The Gulf waters know
The sweet spell of mystery
To deep oceans they flow
The sonnet of the Suwannee.
The eyes of the Lord
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Prov. xv.3
Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Gen.xvi.13
As yet no one has ever been disappointed who placed his confidence in Almighty God.
St.Peter of Alcantara.
Lately the placing of my confidence in God to answer prayer for estranged family that rips upon my heart. I cannot for the life of me grasp how from one side of claiming a walk with Christ, that it includes an exclusion of family and a lack of communication on even a casual level, then when away from blood family, claiming a fellowship with believers apart from family.
We examine ourselves, we approach for any forgiveness for anything done, to no avail.
And so, we place the matter in the Lord who beholds evil and good.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Professor
My friend Sean McMahon, professor of history at Gateway College rode up behind me today as I was photographing the incoming clouds. He was making the loop around the lake before heading back for his house.
Yet thou not know me?
Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me?
John xiv.9
A great many believers walk upon the promises at God's call in the way to heaven, even as a child upon weak ice, which they are afraid will crack under them and leave them in the depth.
McCheyne
It was another long walk around the perimeter dike of Alligator Lake Park more in meditation than concentrating upon photography. Again I walked upon the thin ice of not trusting in the promise of God to sustain us, to provide.
Since 2009 when Melanie suffered the near loss of her life with H1N1 and ARD's, with the loss of our jobs, the Lord has sustained us. Yet, after all the clinging to the very hem of Christ's garment in the storm ceased, again I returned to tip-toeing, fearing a fall into the depths.
My current job with FPL reading meters is due to end at the end of the month. Melanie, who continues to struggle with her health four years hence, is the primary bread winner.
This greatly troubles me and my daily prayer is for a reversal of this situation, allowing her some time for ministry she so loves and caring for loved ones.
They say another freeze is on the way. Perhaps the weak ice under me will freeze a little thicker.
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