Sufficiency
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This profound quotation is commonly called St. Teresa’s Bookmark as it was found tucked into one of the great saint’s books. St. Teresa of Avila was a Carmelite nun who lived in Spain and was a great mystic and prolific spiritual writer. I created this image today for three people: for Barbara and Jerry, my mother’s neighbors who lost their home in a fire yesterday. All of their worldly possessions were destroyed in about thirty minutes. Barbara ran out of the house with her purse, her robe and house slippers, and the cup of coffee she was holding when smoke billowed everywhere. The other person I created this for is a friend, Brenda, who emailed me to say she was feeling low and needed a word of encouragement. I thought that these three people who are deeply troubled would be comforted by these words of enduring wisdom and truth. Maybe someone else needs to hear them, too. God help us all to remember that he alone suffices and he alone is unchanging and dependable.
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Grow your own fruit and veges and save the world.
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Piercing blue eyes – not your dizzy blonde here / Environmental Systems a going for her passions towards her education with no fear! All Rights Reserved; Hedger Photography 2009
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Another from my series of Alva Sunrises.. :) / no editing except for some contrast.. sometimes, I wish I had photoshop :)))))) Alva, Florida USA
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Big Adjustments Ahead...
by Ann RodriquezIt’s January 1st, 2009, and I’m feeling reflective and introspective. Though this has nothing to do with photography, I wanted to share …
It’s January 1st, 2009, and I’m feeling reflective and introspective. Though this has nothing to do with photography, I wanted to share it with those of you that have been such a big part of my life. After months of an increasingly achy body, intensely painful joint problems and multiple doctor appointments and tests, I’ve finally been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. To make it simpler to understand, I’ll draw a couple of quotes from the internet: Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in everyday products such as medicines, vitamins, and lip balms. The only treatment is a lifetime of a Gluten-Free diet. A Gluten-Free diet means not eating foods that contain wheat, rye, and barley. In other words, a person with celiac disease should not eat most grain, pasta, cereal, and many processed foods. Celiac Disease is more common among Type 1 (Juvenile) diabetics (I’ve been diabetic since I was 3), and affects 1 in 133 people, many who spend years without a diagnosis or with a mis-diagnosis. More common symptoms are gastrointestinal issues. Feel free to google it for a full list of symptoms, which vary greatly from person to person. I’m looking at some HUGE changes in my life, and have really gone through (and am continuing) a mourning process. Though losing the ability to eat many foods is certainly not the end of the world, it will drastically change my world, and in reality, food is a large part of our lives, especially our social lives. The hardest part will be eating out or going to people’s homes, as even a slight trace of gluten will make me sick for a week. A roll on the side of my plate, even if removed, has contaminated whatever it has touched. Kissing my husband if he has crackers or a breaded food in his mouth will make me sick. Eating food that was prepared on the same table as something with gluten will affect me as well; a trace of gluten will make me just as sick as eating a whole piece of bread or an oreo. Other places gluten is often present is in vitamins, chapstick/lipstick, medicines, etc. I won’t be able to lick envelopes anymore. So many little things to learn and abide by. I’m fairly overwhelmed by all this, but have taken some time to eat some ‘lasts’ – my last cheeseburger (with bun), last sesame chicken, last eggplant parmesan sub, last french fries other than McDonalds (potatoes are ok but most places fry them in the same oil as things I can’t have, therefore contaminating them), etc. The last food I ate that I can’t now is a dorito just before midnight last night. : ) There are substitutes for bread, pretzels, etc. that I’ll be trying, but I’ve heard that many of them taste like cardboard. Yum! : ) lol Through this all, I’ve struggled to have a positive attitude, and have cried almost every day as I realize new ways I hadn’t thought of yet that this will affect my life. But I know that I don’t walk this path alone…God will be with me, giving me His grace and holding me up when I otherwise wouldn’t be able to carry on. He has proven time and time again that His grace is sufficient, and that He will always be with me. And He’s blessed me with an incredibly understanding, patient and sensitive husband who has been amazing through this diagnosis process and beyond. I truly am blessed, and am so thankful to have a diagnosis and be able to move forward. I look forward to feeling better, and will concentrate on that. If you’re still with me, : ) thanks for your patience and interest. In the busyness of the holidays and with much processing needed for this diagnosis and the news that I’ll lose 8 hours of work per week in 2009 (I found out 20 minutes before I received my celiac diagnosis!), I’ve struggled to put out the mental energy that redbubble and my other favorite photo sites require. Today is a new day though. Today I begin my gluten-free diet; today I make the decision to face life with a new and positive outlook; today I will make the time to upload pictures and get re-involved! : ) Thank you all for your patience, and if you’re one who believes that God indeed answers prayers, I’d appreciate your prayers as I embark on this journey. You’re treasures to me, each one of you, and I appreciate you all greatly! Ann
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His Grace , / sometimes the obscurity / is beyond our understanding, / elusive as a dream / in our common everyday, / yet , when Our spirit listens / to that intangible voice, / the peace is given / beyond our human reach.
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there is always help…
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Tulips of Friendship
by Jim MarshalThe yellow just uncurling….........
A moment where all was enough.
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A little collage of some of the items growing out in my garden…..last night deer came in and ate two of my tomatoes that I planned on picking today…...they actually trimmed my plants – didn’t know that they would eat tomatoe vines…..I can taste that Venison now!!!!!!!!!! I left the tomatoes out of this collage as they don’t look too appealing right now…..the Cantalope will be ready to pick in a few days, the grapes are already picked (and delicous), the Zucchini is being picked everday…..also in the garden are hot peppers, garlic and watermelon….........and the frogs are an extra….Copyright protected and registered; please respect copyrights:MCN: C8EEC-0CD2E-7C71A /
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A private home that sits on a rock, with private dock. / Totally self sufficient around the clock. / Solar powered, wind powered, and dramatic views on all sides. Come up the Bay, Narrgansett way, off the Atlantic / toward Newport Harbor for a sheltered stay. Land mass behind the Island is Jamestown Island. / Taken from the schooner Adirondack ll JPM © 2009.08.23 / Leica V Lux 1 Note: Ordering this image? / I would suggest smaller sizes.
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A young world traveled sailor takes a break near the bow at sunset. / On board the schooner Adirondack ll JPM © 2009.08.23 / Leica V Lux 1
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Tourists watch the Adirondack ll slip out of the harbor from Bowen’s Wharf in Newport Rhode Island. JPM © 2009.08.23 / Leica V Lux 1
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Nice late evening view of the fishing pier in Newport Harbor. / At the end of the Bowen’s Wharf fish is delivered, packed, and even sold to walk in’s. Lobster and shell fish are also available. / Some of the worlds most expensive luxury ships and sailing vessels can be seen on a summer’s day in the same harbor. JPM © 2009.08.23 / Leica V Lux 1
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This harbor is buzzing all summer long with visitors from around the world. Newport is a world class destination location. JPM © 2008.08.16 / Leica V Lux 1
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Browsing
by Lenora BrownI decided to browse my favorites and came upon an artist who has only been on this site for 2 months. He has a wonderful piece of which I…
I decided to browse my favorites and came upon an artist who has only been on this site for 2 months. He has a wonderful piece of which I was so drawn to, I had to stop and stare while making guffaw noises at myself for not doing it first. I have listed it as one of my favorites. I did make a comment that if I had never browsed the favorites of those I have favorited, I would have never seen that piece. Link It must be made known to the current and new artists that without sufficient tags at the end of each piece, those who are not computer savy will have a hard time finding your particular piece. For instance, there are three other people with my name here. However if I tell my customers to use a specific word, they will not only find my piece but all of those who have used that word as well. I will often refer to certain pieces in my writing. Including the ideas that God gives me, He has also blessed many of you here by which I am also inspired and amused. Take a look at the piece, as simple as it is, which has caused such inspiration. Rob 2
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2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? / Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? / Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? / Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: / Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. / Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? / Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? / Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. / Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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