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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 yourselffrom 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.”
The Art of Cold Weather, What do you think this might be? To me it looks like a topographical map. Looking at a mountain range from the air in the winter. It almost has a 3 dimensional look to it. Video below.
It is the frost on my windshield this morning. Single digit temperatures can create quite the art pattern on glass. I have never seen anything like it.
The Power of the Sun
Creation is so beautiful in its simplest form. From the smallest things like the sun melting the frost from the side of my car. There seems to be a lot of chaos going on around the world. But if you can relax in the thought of the Father, you don’t worry so much about what man is doing without the Father.
I can see Stability more and more with Him, then without Him. Stability to me means no fear, it gives us the power to stand strong within our faith. Stability is often used to describe structures that won’t collapse or fall down. 💕
Beauty of Feathers and Fur, There are so many beautiful colors in nature from furry animals to the birds and their feathers. Nature is where I find peace and quiet, where there is unity amongst creation. Where we can witness wildlife going about their business, foraging for food, finding shelter and surviving with the instincts that are given to them.
Everything we see has a purpose, every cell, feather, hair, fur. Every tiny little detail is put into place for a purpose. When I look at all of this up close, I am in awe at what I see. Creation, you and I and everything around us. We are to live, love and take care of one another.
The human race has lost site of this to me. Here in this country, they are trying to divide, to bully people into making a choice. Through media, and peoples opinions of which side is better to be on. Fur or Feathers, which one do you choose? Doesn’t this sound familiar, from the beginning of time man thinks we should make a choice between those who want power and the only One who has power.
Creation never becomes greater than the Creator. You cannot create something out of nothing. But if you believe it, therein lies the gods of men and the fear that binds you to the world around you. The world and its religions only teach you half-truths because they know that no one will question their authority.
For me I have made a choice, I made my choice many years ago, the day my eyes and my heart were opened. There is no fear for me in my choice, there is no bulling or degrading. Or making me feel less of a person. Freedom exist in our hearts not our minds.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The Power of Emotions in black and white photography. This first photo below I created in photoshop. I see so much in this photo, not just black and white but so many different shades of gray. Which intern shows depth and soft lines to me. If you stare at it long enough, it almost looks like it is moving.
If your intention is to concentrate on details, then color photography is the way to go, while if your goal is to depict emotions, reflect eternity or mood, then black and white photography may become your preference.
Black-and-white photography looks more formal and serious, and while the photo may look simpler, the mood of the photo is more intense making it more emotional.
Emotional meaning, the world can turn things into black and white, it can stir up emotions of good or bad. One or the other, theirs’s or ours.
But if you look close enough, as like this moss growing on this tree in the middle of winter. It is still green, it is full of color. It is pleasing to look at, it brings hope of spring to come in the middle of winter.
This moss survives in the coldest of weather, it is alive. It is creation, He shows us His hands in everything around us. He encourages us to take in nature, to communicate with Him. To see the beauty around us in this coldest season of the year.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
In This Garden There is One, It is 4am on Thursday morning as I write my thoughts down, I awoke earlier and went right to the news to see what was happening here in this country called America, after a day of unrest and protest. (video and a poem by Daryl Madden below)
What I heard above all else was people blaming others for the behavior of a few. But my thoughts went directly to, it is not one person’s fault for what transpired on this day or any other day. “He who is without sin, let them cast the first stone”.
I then turned the news off and continued to word press to view your comments on my post from the day before. I was talking about the noise that surrounds us. Two comments stuck out in my mind, they mentioned how lucky I was to be in a place surrounded by nature. I thought for a moment, is it luck?
I turned off the computer and listened, in the silence is when I hear the unspoken words that touch my heart. I opened the computer back up and went directly to the Word; Samuel 8-15. It read; The people insisted that Samuel give them a king. Samuel asked the Father what to do. The Father said; “Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods,”.
Let me tell you a quick story, this story started 50 years ago for me from this very location where I am at today. I was very young and had just learned about God when my Grandfather passed away. Because of the circumstances, I had to leave this place and begin a new journey at a very young age.
Throughout these many years, I have hit many lows, I have felt rejection and pain repeatedly over the years. But, over the course of this journey, I never forgot about God, I remembered Him and the most important thing that I can say right now, is that He remembered me. Even though He has been rejected by man, I called on Him in my time of need and He answered. After all the years of being alone and knowing rejection over and over from people. The one place I never, ever was rejected, was when I was speaking to the Father.
So, is it really luck or was it a path set before me?
Yesterday I was reading a post from; Aussiebirder and at the bottom of his post he had written these words. I know these words but they came to me again this morning; Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
What is the purpose of my story you might ask; I believe when you walk in the flesh instead of the spirit, there will be noise and unrest among worldly beliefs. I do not put my faith in worldly things, governments etc. I, myself hold faith in only One, He who created life.
I am not a religion. This is my life, my thoughts and if my story helps one person to know one thing; it doesn’t matter where the flesh is, but be in search of the Garden of Eden, it is not a place, it is where your heart is.
In this Garden you have one Father – One Tree of Life, where you are surrounded by nature. Sometimes you have to go back to where you came from to get to where you are going like a child. Head East back to the garden of trees, the Laws of Your Nature. That is where my heart resides.
A Poem by; Daryl Madden, he wrote a poem yesterday from my post and I added his beautiful words to my video. Thank you.
Where the Noise Disappears, I had tuned in to some news reports yesterday. To have an idea what is going on in this country here. It got to the point I could not listen to anymore. Why is it when humans speak, it becomes a level of noise beyond comprehension at times.
But when I walk out into this place that surrounds me here, in the early morning Light, the noise disappears. The silence is healing to me, it is refreshing, it is glorious.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Happy New Year 2021, and what a way to start this beautiful day. I looked out the window as the pink light was dancing across the sky. Snow covered trees and the moon up above.
Genesis tells you this, there is eternity in the Spirit. By the time your eyes open in the present the future has already become your past. When the moon is overhead a new day starts.
The sun came out today for the first time in many days, its rays were stretching out through the snow as I walked around enjoying the warmth of its light.
As I enter this new year on such a bright beautiful day, I pray for strength and peace for everyone. To stand strong in these trying times, to know and understand that we were created for a purpose.
Listen to your heart thoughts of you, knowledge is always stronger than wisdom. But they cannot exist without the other. One does not rule over the other, they are co-joined, separate but equal.
Such beauty from sunup to sundown, with the soft colors of the morning light, to the golden shadows as the sunsets to another day.
Life is a teaching experience we are either taught or we mimic back. Embrace Life
Every Sunrise is One of a Kind, the ever changing atmosphere and light makes every sunrise unique, a moment in time captured on the digital art board of life.
The first thing I do every morning is look outside to see what kind of painting will be created for my eyes to see. This is the time of day I enjoy the most, a new day, new light of the unspoken words of creation that are set before me.
So today I am thinking about what is going on in the world around us. I, like some of you maybe, never thought I would see a time like what we are living in right now. I don’t have a television, but I do keep up on what is going on to stay informed.
What I hear and what I see doesn’t sit well with what I feel. If I listen to others opinions for to long, I start hearing in the flesh, not the spirit. My husband asked me the other day, “When did we start worrying about the flesh so much, and not think twice about the health and well being of our Spirit?”
As I have gotten older I have learned what the difference is between the two for me. So I went to the Garden of Trees and this is what I heard.
It came to me in visions, I sat with my Father and behold a vast grassland came before my eyes. To the East was a great Sea and to the West was great sea. To the South was another Sea.
To the North were great forest of Trees, saplings that reached into the heavens. He sat me down in the midst of the open valley and as far as my eye could see. They were all bleached they were all dead laying in the hot sun. It was dry as Death Valley there was no life in the land. Just dry bones upon dry bones as far as my eye could see.
I asked my Father who was standing above me. Can these bones ever come back to life?
Speak to them so they hear my voice and I will cause my breath to enter into you and you shall live.
I will put muscle upon and bring up flesh upon, and cover you with the skin of my words and put my breathe in you and you shall live and then you shall know I am your Father. My Father left and I did as he commanded.
Then the great herds of cattle started to appear before my eyes and the ground was shaking from their hoofs.
I returned home. My Father was standing above me. No other person has authority over me. I AM accountable to the Creator of the Universe above all others.
Ascending, you see things in a different Light. Flesh descends, Spirits Ascend, Jacob’s ladder.
