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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Just Because...
I tried posting this over a week ago and it failed but it's worth trying again and for no other reason than just because it's beautiful!
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Be Thankful
I never dream! Maybe I should clarify, I never dream while I sleep. You can therefore understand my surprise when the other night I had a frighteningly vivid dream. More surprising was the fact that I actually remembered it in fairly comprehensive detail. Vivid doesn't mean understandable or sensible mind you. As always, for me, people and places are vague, nonetheless, in this instance, there are some images that will be etched into my mind for a while still.
I knew my turn was coming as I watched a woman and child gunned down in cold blood, execution style. The perpetrators appeared from nowhere, we had obviously seriously ticked someone off. As the stone cold gunman approached one colleague at a time, he'd hardly listen for an answer to the aggressive interrogation, "Who are you? Who do you work for?" before raising his pistol and pumping several bullets into each person's head. For some bizarre reason, I didn't run, perhaps in fear of being caught, perhaps because there was nowhere to run. I considered making a run for the single piston Cherokee parked less than 100m away, but knew that my chances of getting it started and in the air before having a couple of lead rounds in my chest was unlikely. All I could do was prepare to die... what were my last words going to be? I'd resolved very clearly that I would ask out aloud as a final witness and testimony, "Jesus, please forgive this man for what he is about to do!" Selfishly, perhaps there was a hope that this statement would touch some recessed sense of morality in him and soften his heart but to be honest, I do remember considering Christ's words on the cross as He gave up His last breath, "Father, forgive them as they know not what they do". Split seconds in a dream I'm sure, but it seemed like an eternity before he stood in front of me, a steel glare into my eyes... "Who are you?" I don't even recall answering, all I know is that the fateful raising of the hand didn't happen, I felt guilty, like I was the one to blame for all the bodies lying around me, like I was the one that most deserved to die, yet for some reason, as comical as it is (because it's a dream), the man turned away and quipped as he walked across a field towards another "lodge" type structure, "I'm going to miss the rugby."
So why "Be Thankful", you may ask. Anyone who has dreamed before knows what bizarre situations our sub conscious can create. I found myself towards the end of the dream, (probably before I was rudely woken by my alarm), washing dishes, just two dirty plates to my recollection, but what stood out above everything else was the dominant thought in my mind as my heart still raced in my chest, "Thank you Lord that I get to wash more than one plate", I guessed there must have been at least one other person, probably someone I loved who also survived the massacre.
Next time you find yourself complaining & irritable at having to perform menial tasks, thank the Lord for the house you must clean, the dishes to be washed, the clothes to be ironed, the food to be cooked or the car you're stuck in traffic in! Learn to be grateful for your life. Philippians 4:6 says, "With Thanksgiving, present your requests to God". Lets remember before asking for more to be thankful for what we have!
"Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,"
(Hebrews 12:28)
I knew my turn was coming as I watched a woman and child gunned down in cold blood, execution style. The perpetrators appeared from nowhere, we had obviously seriously ticked someone off. As the stone cold gunman approached one colleague at a time, he'd hardly listen for an answer to the aggressive interrogation, "Who are you? Who do you work for?" before raising his pistol and pumping several bullets into each person's head. For some bizarre reason, I didn't run, perhaps in fear of being caught, perhaps because there was nowhere to run. I considered making a run for the single piston Cherokee parked less than 100m away, but knew that my chances of getting it started and in the air before having a couple of lead rounds in my chest was unlikely. All I could do was prepare to die... what were my last words going to be? I'd resolved very clearly that I would ask out aloud as a final witness and testimony, "Jesus, please forgive this man for what he is about to do!" Selfishly, perhaps there was a hope that this statement would touch some recessed sense of morality in him and soften his heart but to be honest, I do remember considering Christ's words on the cross as He gave up His last breath, "Father, forgive them as they know not what they do". Split seconds in a dream I'm sure, but it seemed like an eternity before he stood in front of me, a steel glare into my eyes... "Who are you?" I don't even recall answering, all I know is that the fateful raising of the hand didn't happen, I felt guilty, like I was the one to blame for all the bodies lying around me, like I was the one that most deserved to die, yet for some reason, as comical as it is (because it's a dream), the man turned away and quipped as he walked across a field towards another "lodge" type structure, "I'm going to miss the rugby."
So why "Be Thankful", you may ask. Anyone who has dreamed before knows what bizarre situations our sub conscious can create. I found myself towards the end of the dream, (probably before I was rudely woken by my alarm), washing dishes, just two dirty plates to my recollection, but what stood out above everything else was the dominant thought in my mind as my heart still raced in my chest, "Thank you Lord that I get to wash more than one plate", I guessed there must have been at least one other person, probably someone I loved who also survived the massacre.
Next time you find yourself complaining & irritable at having to perform menial tasks, thank the Lord for the house you must clean, the dishes to be washed, the clothes to be ironed, the food to be cooked or the car you're stuck in traffic in! Learn to be grateful for your life. Philippians 4:6 says, "With Thanksgiving, present your requests to God". Lets remember before asking for more to be thankful for what we have!
"Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,"
(Hebrews 12:28)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Time stands still
So now that we've seen magnificent time lapses of natural wonders, it's one thing fitting 24 hours into four seconds but quite another to freeze time so that 1/100th of a second is stretched into 1 second. This is the work of the Phantom Flex shooting in full HD at 2564 frames per second... insane!!
Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.
In the blink of an eye
The wonder of photography once again allows us to see our ever changing yet completely ordered universe.
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Vision...
"Vision involves our ability to understand space." This clip is an incredible testimony to God's genius!! Science is a undeniably a passion of mine, but science without God is not science at all and unfortunately for those science purists out there, God can blow any hypothesis clear out of the water. Once again I have realised the fallibility of "conclusive evidence" and the magnitude of our Creator's variables!
For me as a pilot and a photographer, this concept of spacial awareness is a deep cavern yearning to be explored. One would probably find that it relates to people's awareness and sensitivity of those others within their "personal space" too but that's an entirely new discussion on it's own.
Please review my blog "blurb" before watching the clip, this clip epitomises "seeing without sight". I found this clip on a friends blog, I encourage you to take a look and be amazed at how God has revealed "Vision" to them through their son Cameron. http://reyburnboys.blogspot.com
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