Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sunrise, Sunset

I recently noticed and photographed a sunset. I guess today it was time for a magnificent sunrise to finish the pair? :)

When I spotted the sky this morning, I knew I had to drop everything and grab the camera. Fortunately for Tobin, I wasn't holding him at the time. :)
I took the next picture and noticed the corner of the swing set in it, so I thought...
"That's kind of neat; let's show more of it!"
The sky continued to lighten, and I was reminded of how quickly sunrises and sunsets occur. In just a few moments, the sun is up or it's down; and there isn't much time to linger or you'll miss it.
Even the sky itself was beautiful this morning.

Psalm 19 comes to mind; it begins this way in The Message:

1-2 God's glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon.
Madame Day holds classes every morning,
Professor Night lectures each evening.

3-4 Their words aren't heard,
their voices aren't recorded,
But their silence fills the earth:
unspoken truth is spoken everywhere.

4-5 God makes a huge dome
for the sun—a superdome!
The morning sun's a new husband
leaping from his honeymoon bed,
The daybreaking sun an athlete
racing to the tape.

6 That's how God's Word vaults across the skies
from sunrise to sunset,
Melting ice, scorching deserts,
warming hearts to faith.

8 comments:

  1. Emily ran to get the camera this morning to take pictures also, got outside and the battery was dead! Glad yours was up and running. Wasn't the sky a work of beauty? Only the Hand of God could create something so wonderful.

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  2. Good grief, we DO need to slow down and look around us a little more often, don't we? Gorgeous!
    Carrie

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  3. The pictures are amazing!! This really ministered to me! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  4. Psalm 19 is one of my favorites...thanks for sharing the Message version. Great pictures!!

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  5. I saw that same sunrise from the 5th floor of RMH. I didn't have my camera with me, but you captured it well. Looking over the "burg I thought it looked like a Thomas Kinkade print or a greeting card. One of those that you think is more imagination than it is real. wondered if a photograph would even capture it's depth. I am so glad that you got it! How neat!

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  6. That is too funny! I took pictures of the sunrise on the same day - it was just too pretty!! I just didn't get them posted like I'd planned! :)

    Jolanthe

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