Be Thou My Vision

It was a rainy day..... We were at a family's house learning how to make Chèvre (French soft cheese.)  The rain outside contrasted with the warm interior of the kitchen where we watched a slideshow on cheese-making. During a lull in the class, I wandered over to the front door and saw a flash of red and green. It was a group of hummingbirds! I saw about four or five. I rarely see them at our house. I hurried back inside to grab my camera and the 55-200 lens... these images are what I captured.  God's creation is so intricately designed. Practical and beautiful at the same time. A few facts about hummingbirds:  Hummingbirds are the tiniest birds in the world. Hummingbirds can flash their bright colors, as well as hide them when needed. The bright radiant color on hummingbirds comes from iridescent coloring like on a soap bubble or prism. A Gorget is the bright flashing colored feathers of the hummingbird's neck. A hummingbird's brain i...

I recently watched a thought provoking documentary called, "The Daniel Project." I would highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in world events and prophecy for the end times. The documentary's producers carefully examine 20 Old Testament prophecies and discover whether they have been fulfilled or not.  This is their webite:  http://thedanielprojectmovie.com      Here is a trailer for the documentary:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgIzn5z_K4M&list=PL-YxaVTry9J-YfqxtPBxgDihixDuNAYHl  Here are some reviews for "The Daniel Project."  "Probably the most important documentary I have ever seen. I would describe it as inspired and ground-breaking in its field. Challenging and compelling."  “Excellent, precise, direct & honest. A refreshing change from the apocalyptic movies circulating.”  “I was watching in the night visions,  And behold, One like the Son of Man,  Coming with the clouds of heaven! ...

In his "Reasons Why Believers do Not Grow as Much as They Ought", an old Dutch theologian said this: he mentioned "gospel" reasons, like christians doubting their conversion, or presuming upon grace, but also included plain old laziness.  "We indeed desire to be in an elevated spiritual frame and to grow as a palm tree, but we are not willing to exert any effort- and thus we also do not receive it." Which is another way of saying there is no place for quietism in the quest for Christlikeness.                          photo credit:  http://aeshahadlina.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/palm.jpg                            (From page 90, "The Hole in Our Holiness" Kevin DeYoung)  (Dutch theologian's quote from: "The Christian's Reasonable Service" trans. Bartel Elshout, ed. Joel R. Beeke. 4 volumes) Free PDF files of...