Inheritance: August 2013

God's Warth is Coming... Are You Ready?

You had better listen to the words of Jesus, “Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, shall enter, but he that does the will of my father in heaven.” If ye by the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live. If you live after the flesh, you’ll die! The cross does not give us a minor shift or two with regard to a few of our ethical and religious values. The cross radically disrupts the very center and citadel of your life from self to Christ. And if the cross has not done that, YOU’RE NOT A CHRISTIAN! My Friend face it, young rogue, you’re not a Christian until the cross has radically disrupted the very center and citadel of your life! And brought you from a life of commitment to serve self…What are the focal points of the reign of your self? If you’ve gone to the cross in union with Christ, it’s been shattered!"
- Al Martin

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Of Lizards, Deer, and Ranches...

Well, grabbed an old manual focus 80-200mm lens and went for a walk tonight. Took way to many pictures of a couple lizards, and some deer landscape shots. so here they are a little out of order because I didn't want to take the time to sort them after blogger messed it up.

This 3 inch lizard was on my rock wall behind the house. He posed well for a few shots.

Some Picasa effects on a shot of the pool area...

Two bucks and three does...

More Picasa effects...

The neighbors donkey.

A deer behind my house when I got home. Eyes reflecting my flashlight.

This little guy was just an inch and a half long...

Some more of the first lizard....

Food for Thought

"The revelation made of Christ in the blessed Gospel is far more excellent, more glorious, and more filled with the rays of divine wisdom and goodness, than the whole creation and the just comprehension of it, if attainable, can contain or afford. Without the knowledge hereof, the mind of man, however priding itself in other inventions and discoveries, is wrapped up in darkness and confusion."

- John Owen, Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ in His Person, Office, and Grace, in The Works of John Owen, Vol. 1, pg. 275