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Reflections of Divine Guidance

By Sandra | November 4, 2024 | Comments 10 comments

Reflections of Divine Guidance -A Journey Through Creation

The Earth from a Drone

In this image, one might see the heavens and the earth as they coexist, reminiscent of Genesis 1:1-2, where God created the heavens and the earth. The vastness of space above symbolizes God’s divine realm, while the earth represents His creation.

Just as the drone captures a broader perspective, so too does Scripture remind us that God’s ways are higher than our ways, inviting us to consider the divine plan that spans beyond our immediate view.

Sunlight and Mist

This scene evokes Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” The mist represents the uncertainties of life, with the trees—akin to lost souls—yearning for direction.

Yet, the penetrating sunlight symbolizes God’s guidance and grace, illuminating the way through the darkness of doubt and confusion.

The Calm Lake

In the tranquil lake, we find a reflection reminiscent of James 1:23-24. Here, the Word of God serves as a mirror and invites introspection. The still waters echo Psalm 23:2, where God leads us beside still waters, restoring our souls.

This serene setting is a place for contemplation. It encourages us to reflect on our journey and the peace from resting in God’s presence. Philippians 4:7 notes that the peace of God guards our hearts and minds.

These scenes collectively invite us to contemplate our relationship with the Creator, our path in life, and the peace found in His presence.

Reflections of Divine Guidance

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Taking the Back Roads

By Sandra | November 8, 2023 | Comments 33 comments

Taking the Back Roads – Sometimes life takes us down back roads, for me, back roads are my way of life. They can take us on adventures we may have missed if we only take the roads everyone else travels on.

When we’re traveling down those back roads we can experience some of life’s greatest lessons and blessings.

See things that God intended for us to see. Things we might not have seen otherwise. Sure the Interstate that everyone else is taking looks much easier. It is faster and predictable. But those on the Interstate will experience the same thing that everyone else is.

They will not see the beauty that you see. They will not have a story to tell.

The excitement of taking the road less travelled resembles taking that narrow path that will lead us home.

Taking the Back Roads

Sandra J

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Walk Lightly

By Sandra | April 6, 2023

Walk Lightly;

Walk with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly

Walk Lightly

Sandra J

You Find it in the Sand

By Sandra | March 9, 2023

You Find it in the Sand, Legend of the Sand Dollar

Sand dollars are actually burrowing sea urchins. When they wash up on the beach and are bleached by the sun, they look like a large silver coin, hence the moniker.

A legend about these creatures says they represent the story of Christ:

On the top of the shell is a symbol that looks like a star, a reminder of the Star of Bethlehem that led wise men to the Christ Child. Around the star is an outline of an Easter lily, a reminder of the Lord’s resurrection.

There are five holes in a sand dollar – four around the ends of the star and one in the center. According to the religious legend, the four holes represent the four wounds of Christ when his hands and feet were nailed to the cross. The center hole represents the wound made from a soldier’s spear.

When you turn over the sand dollar, you see the outline of a poinsettia, the Christmas flower. And if you break open a sand dollar, five dove-shaped pieces emerge. Doves are often used in art and literature as a symbol of peace and goodwill.

Now you know the legend of the sand dollar, a story of hope and peace. See if you can find one on your next visit to Alabama beaches.

You Find it in the Sand

Sandra J

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When the Night Has Come

By Sandra | August 18, 2022

When the Night Has Come and the land is dark. The moon is the only light we will see. No I won’t be afraid, just as long as you stand by me.

I love these lyrics to the song stand by me by Ben King, video and music below.

Photos have a way of speaking to each one of us in a different way. That is the beauty of photography and one does not have to be a professional photographer for this to happen.

They provoke a feeling, a memory and a change in our spirit I believe. When I looked at these silhouettes of the hummingbird the song Stand by Me came to mind right away.

It was late in the evening as I was watching these two hummingbirds dancing around me, but the feeling did not arise until I saw this photo as if it is saying stand by me and I won’t be afraid.

For in the dark of the night, I know His presence, as He stands by me in the window pains of my heart.

When the Night Has Come

Sandra J

The Light of the Nights

By Sandra | July 22, 2022

The Light of the Nights When we accept that there is only One Father, we have no ethnicity to any group. By that we are different just by the virtue we accepted one thought, One Father, One Creator One Creation

Time Lapse Video from Day to Evening to Lighting Storm at Night; Time Lapse Clouds

In whatever condition each was called, there let them remain with the Father

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened.

Life is a teaching experience we are either taught or we mimic back.

The Light of the Nights

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sandra J

Water Gives Life

By Sandra | April 22, 2022

Water Gives Life, as winter disappears and the spring rains start to come back to quench the thirst of this earth. Those standing alone who thirst for this water of life will come back to life in full beauty, that which is given to everything under the Sun as is designed.

Video of Black Swans in a Pond Below or click Here, Swans

And the earth she became chaos and vacancy and darkness over the surfaces of the abyss.

And the
Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters.

Waters is an idiomatic expression for our spiritual nature

Water Gives Life, Nature/Creation speaks to us everyday.

He gives us life in the Garden of Trees

The One who moves over the face of waters In the Garden of Trees

Will never destroy us.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of the Father, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Black Swans to Music, Nature at its Best #shorts

Water Gives Life

by Sandra J

Come Sit With Me

By Sandra | April 11, 2022

Come Sit With Me , look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look deep enough, we will talk, you and I, heart to heart.

In the quiet of the morning, I can see the world around me.

Come Sit With Me

by Sandra J

Health Benefits of Sunlight

By Sandra | January 28, 2022

Health Benefits of Sunlight (Light)

Being in the sun generally makes people feel good, and there are many scientific reasons for this effect. I can attest to this theory. I worked in a factory most of my life, inside of 4 walls and no windows. But when I wasn’t at work I was outside, which works well with me being a photographer.

Take for example the two photos below, when I look at the first photo I see an ok picture, nothing to get excited over, for me.

But look at the difference when the clouds started to clear up and the warm sun light started to bring the world around me to life. This is what excites me when I am out wandering in nature. It immediately gives me a warm feeling and lightens my mood.

Some of the effects of being in the sun is exposure to UVB rays, which causes human skin to produce beta-endorphins, which are hormones that reduce pain. Their other benefits include:

promoting a sensation of well-being and improving mood
boosting the immune system
relieving pain
promoting relaxation
helping wounds heal
helping people feel more alert
reducing depression

Makes One wonder if we were not designed that way.

Darkness is always the antithesis of light Freedom Comes From the Light that is placed in our heart

I am born again in the word, nobody taught me except the voice of the Creator within me.

Let your dreams dance on the windowpanes of your Heart in the never-ending Light

Have a Wonderful Weekend

Health Benefits of Sunlight (Light)

by Sandra J

The Sands of Time

By Sandra | January 6, 2022

The Sands of Time keep on blowing. Time is like ever-shifting sand, it is never at a standstill.

For what is life, it is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

The Sands of Time

by Sandra J

Reflections of Times Past

By Sandra | January 4, 2022

Reflections of Times Past We sometimes take Light for granted. It turns out that, with a bit of persuasion, Light would show us things we thought we would never see. A beautiful reflection of you or me.

Reflections of Times Past

by Sandra J

Christmas in the Park

By Sandra | December 13, 2021

Christmas in the Park; Bringing some holiday cheer. Christmas is a time of year where I find time to reflect on years past and present. It reminds me to think; “What’s Your Purpose in Life”,

An age-old question that each of us tries to answer throughout our lives. In the cycle of life that whirls around us like a wheel from the time the Sun rises to the time the Sunsets. We only have two absolutes to work with to answer that question;

Birth and Death an absolute that cannot be changed.

Male and Female an absolute that cannot be changed

These are two absolutes that exist within our spirits that made us who we are. If you try to alter the absolutes. All one is doing, is trying to create life, by changing the Laws of absolutes. We all create an alternative reality that shines brightly in our eyes, like the moon at night, to displace the darkness that engulfs us all.

To give our lives meaning. We run to and fro from one event to the next event in our lives picking up colorful jewels to hide our hurts. That overtime lose their luster. Then we look for other jewels to mask our hurts from prior events. So, others cannot see. We create a pseudo reality from the colorful jewels we clothe ourselves with.

This happens to so many people this time of year. Getting lost in the things of this world. Trying to become something they are not, trying to become what others say they should be like. I know, it happened to me years ago.

So, to answer the question, “What is my Purpose in Life?”.

I walked back one year to the Garden of Trees and sat in silence so that I may hear.

I am the One that created you, I gave you my life, my breath within you. I gave you words within you to raise yourself from the dead to become like one of us.

I do not deny the One who created me. Cut out the middle man, the serpent that blocks your eyes to the One that created you. That will only happen when your desire to live overrides what man told you on how to live.

Christmas in the Park

by Sandra J

I Am

By Sandra | October 25, 2021

I Am the One that created you, I gave you my life, my breath within you. I gave you words within you to raise yourself from the dead to become like us.

I am the One who gave you hands, to use your talents to create life around you.

Then He left; I heard His voice in the silence of my heart.

by Sandra J

Through the Fog I See

By Sandra | September 28, 2021

Through the Fog I See clearly now, I sought your truth in my mind and you revealed your wisdom in the dark regions of my heart.

You watched me from above yet you withheld judgement.

Through the Fog I See

by Sandra J

Under His Wings

By Sandra | September 24, 2021

Under His Wings Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Have a Wonderful Weekend

Under His Wings

by Sandra J

Bright Side of the Moon

By Sandra | August 27, 2021

Bright Side of the Moon, Though the dawn may be coming soon
There still may be some time
Fly me away to the bright side of the moon
Meet me on the other side

Dream Weaver, this song came to me today, I have not heard it in many years. The moon has been keeping me up at night, shining through my window. So bright as if it is a nightlight for those of us looking out into the night sky.

Dream Weaver, I believe you can get me through the night…’ was a song about someone with infinite compassion and love carrying us through the night of our trials and suffering. None other than God Himself.” by Gary Wright

We are living in some very strange times right now. Things going on that I have never witnessed in my lifetime. Confusing at times to say the least if you listen to the world.

But, there are always Two Sides, Two Events. Split down the middle, One side is brighter than the other, (Truth), Death and Life – Good and Evil.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

In the beginning He Created, Heaven and Earth,

The only way to create something is to speak it into existence, Which follows the Laws of Nature

Dream Weaver; Take Me to the Bright Side of the Moon

Take away my worries of today and leave tomorrow behind

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Have a Wonderful Weekend

Bright Side of the Moon

by Sandra J

Silhouettes in Nature

By Sandra | May 6, 2021

Silhouettes in Nature, amazing what one sees when you look really close at something as simple as this photo here. Everyone sees something different. For me, I am peering into the heart of the Tree of Life where it was placed by the hands of Light.

That is what I see, when in reality it is the end of a trees life, but always the beginning of a new one when you look through to the other side.

Silhouettes in Nature

by Sandra J

The Rushing of Waters to Waters

By Sandra | March 26, 2021

The Rushing of Waters to Waters and·he-shall-become, separating between waters to·waters. Here you have a physical reality and a spiritual reality. Waters is an idiomatic expression for the spiritual nature. I have been reading another bloggers post for over a year now. You may know him, The Rural Iowegian. He has been on a journey, a struggle of trying to over come cancer, he has shared his journey through blogging.

But his battle with cancer has come to a cross roads. His journey makes one think, it could happen to anyone of us. Life can change so fast and leave one with so many questions. It got me to thinking about life and death.

By the time we are 5 we become isolate to one thought, those of our fathers who have gone before us. We become seen in life to the ones standing in front of us, to be judged in their fires. To help us to cleanse the flectional thoughts we have picked up in life from those around us. We isolate some thoughts and pick up flectional thoughts swirling just outside the corners of our eyes, like the water swirling in circles at the bottom of the water falls.

Those thoughts bend in the wind into any shape that is pleasing to the eye. We allow ourselves to become malleable to the thoughts of others standings and too often bow to them for the bulk of our lives.

These thoughts in turn can lead to fear, fear of the unknown. Fear of sticking with your own beliefs, because of the pressures of those around us to to conform to their ideas. All these different thoughts can pull you into so many different directions that one can lose sight of the narrow gate that leads to the light at the end of the tunnel.

When I am standing by a waterfall, I can only hear the rushing of the water heading to its final destination. It pushes all the other noise away, so I can see the destination, the beautiful ocean of water where time stands still for but a moment and everything makes sense for awhile. My place of tranquility, where I can draw on the peace and quiet solitude within the Freedom of my Heart. Where the thought of Death does not bind me to the ways of the world.

Thank you Mark, for sharing your journey.

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The Smallest of Those

By Sandra | March 19, 2021

The Smallest of Those, creation. The smallest birds in my back yard, yet they survived the winter and the cold temps. Amazing how they are able to do this without a winters coat or boots on their little feet. Survival instinct, migration, what can we see and learn from the smallest around us?

There are a few theories about how birds find their way between their seasonal homes, and there are still some mysteries surrounding how exactly their honing systems work.

For many birds, however, migration is an instinct, a journey their bodies are prepared to take when the time comes. No fear, it is written. They always find their way back home. Amazing indeed.