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Pleased with Our Righteousness Until We Look to God
Luke 18:9; Philippians 3:9
So long as we do not look beyond the earth, we are quite pleased with our own righteousness, wisdom, and virtue; we address ourselves in the most flattering terms, and seem only less than demigods. But should we once begin to raise our thoughts to God, and reflect what kind of Being he is, and how absolute the perfection of that righteousness, and wisdom, and virtue, to which, as a standard, we are bound to be conformed, what formerly delighted us by its false show of righteousness will become polluted with the greatest iniquity; what strangely imposed upon us under the name of wisdom will disgust by its extreme folly; and what presented the appearance of virtuous energy will be condemned as the most miserable impotence. So far are those qualities in us, which seem most perfect, from corresponding to the divine purity. - JOHN CALVIN
Elliot Ritzema, 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Reformation (Pastorum Series; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013).
“I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humility. I asked for health that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy. I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men. I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. I was given life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am most richly blessed.” (source unknown)
The Kiss Goodbye to MS daily photo challenge has given me such a wonderful opportunity to post images to raise awareness, share words I have rarely spoken since diagnosis, to read heartfelt words from others as they share their support and stories of chronic illness. There are many unspoken words ... there are feelings inside me right now that have no words.
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The thunder of the falls deafens the excited cries of the tourists and the jaws of death are opened infront of us, teasing. Coursing with anger and passion the waters attempt to swallow up the Maid, but is in vein. As the rain falls heavy, soaking you to you're churning insides, you try to appreciate beauty, danger, history and raw power at the same time. Niagara Falls is without a doubt one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
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Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
— Proverbs 16:19
One of my favorite spot to shoot Changi Boardwalk, Singapore.
Non-HDR
No Photoshop
Raw converted to Jpeg
Adjusted contrast and saturation
To hell with humility; I'm excited! After years in the wilderness, the mighty Dees looked mighty solid tonight for a big win against last year's Premiers. Undefeated after Round 6 - the last time this happened was 1965. I'm having a double malt. Woohoo!
PENTACON auto 50mm f1.8 MULTI COATING
Its on the darkest of winter days with the wind and snow on your face that true humility begins to show itself. We were passing through this place in a storm's last gasp and it was beautiful, but with numb fingers and frozen toes, the warmth of our cabin eventually won out.
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St. Nicholas Church, an Orthodox church in Tbilisi, is located within the walls of the historic Narikala Fortress, which towers high above the city. The current church, built in the 1990s, replaced an earlier structure that dated back to the 13th century. The architecture of the church reflects traditional Georgian design, with its characteristic domes and stone facades. Inside the church, the walls are adorned with vibrant frescoes depicting important Biblical scenes and saints, including St. Nicholas, to whom the church is dedicated. These paintings, combined with the serene atmosphere, make the church an important place for both worshippers and visitors interested in the religious and cultural history of Georgia. Perched high above the city, the church is not always easy to reach for everyone. The church’s location on the fortress also offers visitors a stunning view of Tbilisi, making it a popular destination for both tourists and believers seeking both spiritual and visual experiences.
In the photo, an elderly woman dressed in simple black clothing, a symbol of her deep devotion and humility, is seen slowly making her way towards St. Nicholas Church with the help of her crutches, determined to attend the service. Her face, marked by the years, radiates a quiet strength and dedication. Despite her physical limitations, her faith is an undeniable force that drives her to this sacred place, where she finds solace and connection in her spiritual practices. The church, surrounded by history and prayers, seems to draw her in as a beacon of hope and peace.
De Sint-Nicolaaskerk, een orthodoxe kerk in Tbilisi, bevindt zich binnen de muren van het historische Narikala-fort, dat hoog boven de stad uittorent. De huidige kerk, gebouwd in de jaren 1990, verving een eerdere structuur uit de 13e eeuw. De architectuur van de kerk weerspiegelt de traditionele Georgische bouwstijl, met karakteristieke koepels en stenen gevels. Binnen de kerk zijn de muren versierd met levendige fresco's die belangrijke Bijbelse scènes en heiligen afbeelden, waaronder Sint-Nicolaas, aan wie de kerk is gewijd. Deze schilderingen, samen met de serene sfeer, maken de kerk tot een belangrijke plek voor zowel gelovigen als bezoekers die geïnteresseerd zijn in de religieuze en culturele geschiedenis van Georgië. De kerk ligt hoog boven de stad en is niet altijd gemakkelijk te bereiken voor iedereen. Op de foto is een oude vrouw te zien, gekleed in sobere zwarte kleding, een symbool van haar diepe devotie en nederigheid. Met haar krukken strompelt ze langzaam richting de Sint-Nicolaaskerk, vastberaden om de mis bij te wonen. Haar gezicht, getekend door de jaren, straalt een stille kracht en toewijding uit. Ondanks haar fysieke beperkingen is haar geloof een onmiskenbare drijfveer, die haar voortstuwt naar deze heilige plek, waar ze troost en verbinding vindt in haar spirituele rituelen. De kerk, omringd door geschiedenis en gebeden, lijkt haar aan te trekken als een baken van hoop en vrede. De ligging van de Sint-Nicolaaskerk op het fort biedt bezoekers ook een prachtig uitzicht over Tbilisi, waardoor het een populaire bestemming is voor zowel toeristen als gelovigen die op zoek zijn naar spirituele en visuele indrukken.
One year, two perspectives. This image is part of a 365(+1) project, my friend Tilo and I are working on. If you want to see more, check out our website zweisichtig.de.
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
C. S. Lewis”
Macro Monday project – 09/30/13
“Knick Knack”
One year, two perspectives. This image is part of a 365(+1) project, my friend Tilo and I are working on. If you want to see more, check out our website zweisichtig.de.
When you're surrounded by big and epic mountains, and you suddenly feel so small in comparison to the Universe.
#sip_humility #SiPgoes52
"Will Tahu find the humility and patience to earn deeper knowledge of fire and learn that not everything can be taken by force?"
Fourth creature of the series to make the G2 creatures into large and powerful elemental masters. Ikir came to completion in one day after I began tinkering with his head design. It's a good feeling when a moc comes together straightforwardly.
As usual, I recycled the head, but gave the creature different eyes from the rest. Boat studs made for great bird eyes in this case.
With Ikir, I thought that Tahu's challenge is basically the fact that he can't reach the flying bird. Assuming Tahu is fairly hot tempered, his trial is to learn that he can't simply force and take everything he wants. Instead, with Ikir, he must learn to earn, wait, give and compromise until he finds the connection he needs with Ikir.
"Humility"
Voigtländer APO Skopar 90 2.8 @ Leica CL on Ilford Delta 100
Digitized with Sony A7RIII + Sigma 105 2.8 Makro + Kaiser FilmCopy
The hidden side of humility.
Abbaye saint michel de cuxa - France
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- Humility contains in itself the answer to all the great problems of the life of the soul. It is the only key to faith, with which the spiritual life begins: for faith and humility are inseparable.
-Thomas Merton
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In-between or a Gentle Parting
More beautiful than a face are you
Bargaining with time to seek a liturgy
Owned is your journey without invitation
Retreating, this monk slowly disappears
Following his heart an ancient song is heard
A journey such as this can take no friend
-Robert Cowlishaw
A new Catholic tribute by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley, created in pastel ,on November 17, the Feast Day of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
From Magnificat, November 2015:
'Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
As a young child Elizabeth, the daughter of Andrew, King of Hungary, was sent to the palace of Wartburg in Thuringia to be raised alongside her future husband, Ludwig. She was a prodigy of charity. From the age of fourteen, when she became queen, she served the poor with her own hands. It is said that on one occasion, Elizabeth hurried from the palace with her apron full of bread for the hungry, but was stopped by her angry husband. She opened the apron and a bunch of red roses tumbled out. After Ludwig's death in 1227, Elizabeth entered the Franciscan Third Order and gave herself wholly to nursing the sick. She died at the age of twenty-four.'
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary is Patron Saint of many causes, including the homeless.
More about St Elizabeth:
www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=45
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Hungary
Pastel on paper
23.4 x 16.5in/59 x 42cm
I met this young Punjabi a few weeks ago in front of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest city in Sikhism, located in the state of Punjab (India).
He was with two of his friends, they were bathing in the holy tank where I saw them for the first time and then they followed me for a while asking many things about photography.
They were really funny and full of energy.
I took many pictures, on this portrait he didn’t want to smile because he broke a tooth in the front and this is why he looks so serious.
I told him that I could fix this with Photoshop untill he goes to the dentist and I had to explain what this software is.
Like many Sikh children he is wearing a Patka.
It is is a simple cloth head covering, consisting of about two square feet of fabric with strings to secure it.
The Patka is also worn by many adult Sikhs as a under-turban as well.
It may be kept at bed-time as well, and during swimming and sports.
In Sikhism covering your head is an action with the attitude that there is something greater than you know.
Covering your head is also a declaration of humility, of your surrender to God.
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"Humility is the only defense against humiliation."
Ohyan is a Ko-Matoran who once served as a Captain in Yerinn’s standing military force, the Overguard.
Unlike most other Ko-Matoran who tend to avoid mingling with other Matoran types and who generally have no taste for battle, Ohyan stood a head above his brothers as both a competent field official and an even more competent warrior.
[Osaka Summer Siege - Sengoku Basara 3]
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Not too much is different from the original (with more story, if you're into that).
This time he's a bit closer to the 'Samurai' look I was going for, plus I cleaned his a lot up while cutting a tonne of his bulk (though I must say he still looks real fat, bother).
as much as life is filled with happiness...will also be moments of sadness and conflicts...but what makes life more beautiful...is of humble forgiveness...
A Lesson From the Rice Stalks
“… Those rice stalks that stand tall and straight are empty and have nothing. It is those which are bent and lowly that are heavy with grain.."
~Fr. Jerry Orbos .
Moment with the Lord
"God resists the proud but bestows His favor on the lowly."
~James 4:16
2008-11-19 #500
Here you can see there has been three entrances that have changed over time including a crusader arch.
Shine your soul with the same
egoless humility as the rainbow
and no matter where you go
Tomorrow is one of my unfavorite days… Maybe because subconsciously, my body remembers everything it went through that day before I was born. Because I was supposed to be born tomorrow, July 26. But as my mom loves to say, if some unknown power saved me that day, then there must be a reason. I always remember that! And there are times when I start to take things for granted. Then I stop myself and make myself look back to time from birth till mid twenties. I have no right to take things for granted!
[...] Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility [...]
-- Quote by Saint Augustine (Ancient Roman Christian Theologian and Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church. 354-430)
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5 - 8mm - f/8 - 2s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
San Felice Circeo, Italy (March, 2016)
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So busy for now and so slow to flickr .These two pics are " post and run" but will be back on Friday to catch up see your photos :) Thank you all for your past views and comments on my photostream ,they're well appreciated :)
Take care and God bless you friends :)
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Here are tidbits of news ,videos ,opinions etc that may interests people
especially those who have waken up and watching the times :
*Unbelievable Madness In The Fast Lane - Extraordinary and creepy ,perhaps spiritually demonically possessed twins and was defined in secular /pyschiatric terms as mental illness or puff of madness .
* New York's CANNIBAL COP Accused of Plotting to Kidnap 100 Women ,Wanted " girl meat " for Thanks Giving Dinner Note : The demons had been loosed and their appetites are being made manifest !
* Cameras Inside Mannequins Spying on Shoppers
* Why Are We Being Kept In The Dark Over GMOs ?
* Zombie Apocalypse Upon Us? Human Brain-Eating Fungus Kills 30 Americans
* Genitically Modified Humans ?New Gene-Altering Drug Paves Way For Mass Modification
* The Nephilim Built the Pyramids -The Great Separation - Patrick Heron ~ Coast to Coast AM
* The Antichrist & Prophecy- Patrick Heron 05_21_2009 ~ Coast to Coast AM - Interview with Richard ... and Patric Heron from C2C
Superstorm hits Australia's east coast with 4000 lightning strikes in one hour in Brisbane
* Bizarre muppet-like beast discovered
* Europa goddess to feature on Euro notes from May
* GMO Babies now Being Engineered in Labs Under Guise of Preventing Incurable Disease
* Santa Monica " US District Judge" Rejects Jesus!! ~Paul Begley Video
We can't even argue the fact that majority of today's generation are godless and ,blasphemous .....
* "MOUNT DOOM" NZ Volcano Erupts While Clinton Meets Mursi? Is this an omen that all their peace talks is doomed ? That everything starting from this confideration of nations against Israel is sign post towards world doom ....
* "Texas Pileup" 140 Vehicles 2 Dead 80 Injured Thanksgiving
* Bible Prophecy signs in our face November 21, 2012
Bus Explosion at Tel Aviv Israel
* Israel Responds "Hits Gaza Hard" (Live Video) After Bus Explosion In Tel Aviv
Israel retaliated after the Bus Explosion .What can Israel do but to defend themselves and defend the covenant land given by God unto the descendants of Abram , Isaac ,Jacob and so on.
God is with Israel .
* "Green Jacket" Anderson Cooper Shaken Blast! Clinton!
The ceasefire failed . The enemies of the "land" carried on their assaults on Israel with their raging anger.There will never be real peace in Jerusalem brokered by men /governments .This conflict will possibly grow bigger and boom - the one spoken in Psalm 83 which is prophetic .In Zechariah 12 (you can read the whole chapter )
that Israel will be as a trembling cup ,burdensome stone to nations and many will hate Israel.
But take note God will continually defend Israel .God ordained this conflict to draw in all of them that hate Israel from the beginning into their destruction ,as God wrath is upon those wh are unto dividing his land . When we see the total destruction ,that people of the world will see Him as the only God Almighty,and His words are true.
A warning of those wishing and those acting upon the destruction of Israel/Jerusalem ,
Here's from Zachariah 12 :9 a prophetic word from the God of Israel .
" It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
If God is your enemy ,you think you can withstand his coming wrath ? Rather be very afraid,
as a word of warning .
TO ALL MOTHERS SUFFERING .
A TUTTE LE MADRI ADDOLORATE.
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Medjugorje last message - Medjugorje ultimo messaggio.
Ultimo Messaggio di Medjugorje, 2 aprile 2012 - Apparizione a Mirjana
"Cari figli, come Regina della pace desidero dare a voi, miei figli, la pace, la vera pace che viene attraverso il Cuore del mio Figlio Divino. Come Madre prego che nei vostri cuori regni la sapienza, l’umiltà e la bontà, che regni la pace, che regni mio Figlio. Quando mio Figlio sarà il Sovrano nei vostri cuori, potrete aiutare gli altri a conoscerlo. Quando la pace del cielo vi conquisterà, coloro che la cercano in posti sbagliati e così danno dolore al mio Cuore materno la riconosceranno. Figli miei, grande sarà la mia gioia quando vedrò che accogliete le mie parole e che desiderate seguirmi. Non abbiate paura, non siete soli. Datemi le vostre mani ed io vi guiderò. Non dimenticate i vostri pastori. Pregate che nei pensieri siano sempre con mio Figlio, che li ha chiamati affinché lo testimonino. Vi ringrazio. "
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Latest Medjugorje Message, April 2, 2012 - Apparitions to Mirjana
“Dear children, as the Queen of Peace, I desire to give peace to you, my children, true peace which comes through the heart of my Divine Son. As a mother I pray that wisdom, humility and goodness may come to reign in your hearts – that peace may reign – that my Son may reign. When my Son will be the ruler in your hearts, you will be able to help others to come to know Him. When heavenly peace comes to rule over you, those who are seeking it in the wrong places, thus causing pain to my motherly heart, will recognize it. My children, great will be my joy when I see that you are accepting my words and that you desire to follow me. Do not be afraid, you are not alone. Give me your hands and I will lead you. Do not forget your shepherds. Pray that in their thoughts they may always be with my Son who called them to witness Him. Thank you. ”
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