| God filter active: I can see clearly now |
winter
light
light
| Be still and know that I AM God. - Psalm 46:10 |
winter
light
light
| God filter active: I can see clearly now |
| During a snowfall I am convinced that those gently falling crystals blanketing our small world is one of the most silent and peaceful experiences that one can behold. When the wind stops and the traffic fades I am convinced that God whispers His prayer for each of us. |
| March 2008 for a late winter snowfall. Beautiful stuff. Did you know that God created crows for contrast? Yep! |
| February 2007 in and around Hamilton and east towards Tylersville. |
| And there was always light on the frozen waters, even from the beginning. God walked upon them, stooping down to draw small hieroglyphic shapes ... touching the surface ever so gently so as to see the ice dazzle beneath Him, fading into sparks and then out. He did this many times until He was ready to send the ice, and the dazzling light, into the vast darkness He would call Space. |
It's only Friday, but Sunday's comin'
The hope it represents stands the test of our experience, our
cynicism, our weariness and our disappointment: It’s only Friday, and
things look bad, but be assured that God is not done yet. Sunday’s
comin’ and all of our hopes will be fulfilled, needs met, and tears
dried.
That is what Christ’s resurrection is about. We were once lost but He
found us; we once walked in darkness, but He turned on the light; we
were once without hope under the Law, but He died and His grace
saved us!
We were once considered unworthy and dead in sin, but Jesus saw
something worth saving, redeemed us, and now we are priceless …
worthy of heaven.
The hope it represents stands the test of our experience, our
cynicism, our weariness and our disappointment: It’s only Friday, and
things look bad, but be assured that God is not done yet. Sunday’s
comin’ and all of our hopes will be fulfilled, needs met, and tears
dried.
That is what Christ’s resurrection is about. We were once lost but He
found us; we once walked in darkness, but He turned on the light; we
were once without hope under the Law, but He died and His grace
saved us!
We were once considered unworthy and dead in sin, but Jesus saw
something worth saving, redeemed us, and now we are priceless …
worthy of heaven.
| I wrote to many of the movie studios during Easter of 2008. No one has yet to respond to my request that they cease using the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, in vain. I don't think most realize that the name of Jesus has been used to cast out demons, and to raise the dead. This name has Godly power in it, whatever the language; so it is wise to use the name sparingly as in a service of worship or healing, not as a vain exclamation. It is a dangerous thing to misuse a sacred name, the Word, the power of creation, itself! "Forgive them Lord, for they know not." |
| The last gasp of winter 2008 is found in "black ice" and a puddle that has a film of ice above the water... can't remember what this is called, but the patterns were always complex like frost on window pane. |
The sun is staring thru the trees at a brisk spring
morning, and last fall's pine needles are encrusted
in ice. A last hold out in Perrysburg. Ohio. But that
is all about to change ...
morning, and last fall's pine needles are encrusted
in ice. A last hold out in Perrysburg. Ohio. But that
is all about to change ...
In the winter light is the unmistakable
echo of springs past and those to come.
It is witnessed in the sun melting the
snow pack and the first chirps of
robins seeking a mate. The sun is
still perched upon the wire: the eye.
echo of springs past and those to come.
It is witnessed in the sun melting the
snow pack and the first chirps of
robins seeking a mate. The sun is
still perched upon the wire: the eye.
2004
ahhh ... the embrace of
technology?
technology?
| Was Jesus born on December 25th? as a follow up to yesterday's study (October 2008) I did a little research on possible time frame and it looks like this: 1.) we are in the same hemisphere so the seasons are generally consistent with some variation 2.) shepherds would have been tending flocks from April thru October-ish 3.) cooler weather would have been prevalent in the harvest period at the higher altitudes -- August thru October-ish --- some brief snowfall ... Jerusalem receives a couple inches of snow each year 4.) a census would have been taken most likely after the harvest, but not into winter, because travel at certain elevations would have been reduced, and harvest duties would have prevented it 5.) this coincides more with the Feast of Tabernacles (harvest feast in month of Tishri or roughly September - October)) rather than Passover (spring) or the Feast of Unleavened Bread 6.) it appears that His birth would have been most likely in September ... mid to end. 7.) born in the year 2-4 B.C. based on the Gregorian calendar ... I've seen specifically: September 11th, year 3 B.C. but do not have any confidence in that level of accuracy. Julian Calendar info: (I think this is confusing, but interesting) The approximation 365 1/4 is achieved by having 1 leap year every 4 years (as explained above) and the rule for calculation is that every year divisible by 4 is a leap year. However, this rule was not followed in the first years after the introduction of the Julian calendar in 45 BC. Due to a counting error, every 3rd year was a leap year in the first years of this calendar's existence. The leap years were: 45 BC, 42 BC, 39 BC, 36 BC, 33 BC, 30 BC, 27 BC, 24 BC, 21 BC, 18 BC, 15 BC, 12 BC, 9 BC, AD 8, AD 12, and every 4th year from then on. There were no leap years between 9 BC and AD 8. This period without leap years was decreed by Emperor Augustus as part of his reform. It is a curious fact that although the method of reckoning years after the (official) birth year of Christ was not introduced until the 6th century, by some stroke of luck the Julian leap years coincide with years of our Lord that are divisible by 4. The seven day week was introduced by the Emperor Constantine I in the 4th century AD. What is a Julian date and a modified Julian date? It's the number of days since noon 4713 BC January 1 … as determined by Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-- 1609), a noted Italian-French philologist and historian who was interested in chronology and reconciling the dates in historical documents. http://www.geocities.com/calendopaedia/julian.htm As I understand it the new Gregorian calendar, that began to be more widely used in the 1500’s, was tied more so, to the 21st of various months being determined as equinox and solstice days. Based on the Julian calendar which began to be used in 45 B.C., and the conversion to the Gregorian version, time was often open to interpretation by authority… so it stands to reason that any arbitrary dates established over a significant period of time would create an accumulative error … that is the best way to account for the birth of Christ not being in the year “0” A.D. Interestingly enough, the year 4713 B.C. does seem to be coincident with the “beginning of time” that has been designated by new earth adherents. That date was noted as the beginning of the Julian calendar, for the purpose of calculation, by Scaliger (above) for dating reconciliation. Astronomers also use this date as a lunar reference point, I believe. |
sources for the above include:
www.new-life.net
www.answers.yahoo.com
www.who2.com
www.aloha.net
www.new-life.net
www.answers.yahoo.com
www.who2.com
www.aloha.net
| first snow of 2008-December 6th |
You are probably
wondering how
this all ties in ...
well, it was all in a
day that offered
so much, both
inside and out ...
coffee and cats
and all day snow
showers.
purrfect snow day!
wondering how
this all ties in ...
well, it was all in a
day that offered
so much, both
inside and out ...
coffee and cats
and all day snow
showers.
purrfect snow day!
| Ice flows on the Maumee River in Perrysburg, Ohio on Saturday December 27, 2008 |
really an overcast look on
Lafayette Drive in Middletown.
Lafayette Drive in Middletown.
single digits to start
AHHHH ... finally, a snow storm I can sink my teeth
into, or maybe sink my shovel into. This is gonna be
a keeper. here are some shots a few days ago and
some new ones. end of January 2009
into, or maybe sink my shovel into. This is gonna be
a keeper. here are some shots a few days ago and
some new ones. end of January 2009
Icecicles smooth as A dragon's tooth
Reached all the way down, almost Touching
The swimmin' hole below, While
A single Strand of decorative lights
Muted by the newfallen snow
Pulsed forever red and Green
Filling the air with crisp Mint candy
And faraway Places in the pine.
--excerpt from Ludlow Falls
Reached all the way down, almost Touching
The swimmin' hole below, While
A single Strand of decorative lights
Muted by the newfallen snow
Pulsed forever red and Green
Filling the air with crisp Mint candy
And faraway Places in the pine.
--excerpt from Ludlow Falls
Among the Tallest
Our breath rises
To meet the first swirling flakes
In a silent forest of Orderly pines
Rejoice in the unexpected
Cloudburst
Of an early winter squall
Look up Where trees converge
Piercing the Full gray sky.
Our breath rises
To meet the first swirling flakes
In a silent forest of Orderly pines
Rejoice in the unexpected
Cloudburst
Of an early winter squall
Look up Where trees converge
Piercing the Full gray sky.
Colorado pic
The snow got nasty from freezing rain
to snow to heavy snow ... and all the
while there was a peace that made
being warm and safe a blessing even if
I didn't have a job. God was taking
care of me and nudging me to move in
a different direction. Sometime life is
black & white.
to snow to heavy snow ... and all the
while there was a peace that made
being warm and safe a blessing even if
I didn't have a job. God was taking
care of me and nudging me to move in
a different direction. Sometime life is
black & white.
| Yes, God is here in all of this, and maybe the truth is ... we choose not to see. It just doesn't make sense, does it? You would think God to be the first thing we see, not the last. It seems that not much has changed, however, and we see God when we need Him: when we have exhausted all of our own means. |
2009
The first snowfall of
consequence in
January 2010. Our
cardinal is a beautiful
offset to the neutral
tones of winter.
consequence in
January 2010. Our
cardinal is a beautiful
offset to the neutral
tones of winter.
| Check out the woodpecker on our tree. this guy had the funniest sound i have heard from a bird other than a peacock. it was partly a squeek and partly like a cat's distress call. what a dude! every time i moved around to get a peek he would move to the other side of the tree. |
1/10/10
this morning i fell
on some ice by the
back door. first
time in ages i have
done that ...
nothing broken
and nothing
bruised except
maybe my pride. i
was down before i
had time to think
about it.
this morning i fell
on some ice by the
back door. first
time in ages i have
done that ...
nothing broken
and nothing
bruised except
maybe my pride. i
was down before i
had time to think
about it.
3 studies on the same photograph of a tree on our street ... from far to near and simply rendered
| God has been so much on my heart as of late ... and seeing this handiwork reminds me that He has not forgotten us just because He has a busy schedule. the beauty of the creation is His way of saying "I love you." |
Below is a
project that my
friend Adam
suggested I do
in response to
feeling
depressed. It
is "how i felt"
at the end of
January 2010.
project that my
friend Adam
suggested I do
in response to
feeling
depressed. It
is "how i felt"
at the end of
January 2010.
Christ is Lord