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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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Rosais, Velas de São Jorge, Azores, Portugal.
Deployed at more than two hundred meters above sea level, on the spectacular cliffs of “Ponta dos Rosais”, in the extreme northwest of the island of São Jorge, this lighthouse was inaugurated in 1958. At the time it was the best and most technologically advanced lighthouse of the Portuguese coasts. It remained inhabited and running until January 1 st, 1980, and then evacuated and abandoned because of the landslides and structural damages caused by the earthquake that struck the archipelago on that fateful day.
Rosais, Velas de São Jorge, Açores, Portugal.
Implantado a mais de duzentos metros acima do nível do mar, sobre as espetaculares escarpas da Ponta do Rosais, no extremo noroeste da ilha de São Jorge, este farol foi inaugurada a 1 de Maio de 1958 e, na altura, foi o melhor e tecnologicamente mais avançado farol das costas portuguesas. Permaneceu habitado e em funcionamento até 1 de Janeiro de 1980, sendo então evacuado e abandonado na sequência dos desabamentos de falésias e dos estragos estruturais causados pelo terramoto que abalou o arquipélago naquele fatídico dia.
I recently acquired a few magic lantern slides of Grange-over-Sands from c1900. Here is the Main Street then and as it is now from the same spot.
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On the left is my father on his polo horse at Cornell when he was in college. Right is my father this past Saturday at his 90th birthday party!
Kids get clowns... and about 30 years ago Mom got him a belly dancer and for this 90th birthday mom had a horse delivered to the house.
He can still sit as well as ever! .....................................You go Dad!!
Photos at the party taken by cousin Louis.
This No.1A Kodak Jr. (made between 1914 to 1927) was photographed with my cell phone's camera, sent wirelessly to a desk top computer and edited in Lightroom.
Even tho I'll always prefer to use a "real" camera and AI holds zero interest for me, there are many times when cellular cameras come in handy. Statistics for 2023 calculate that globally we take 54,000 pictures per second and as many as 4.7 billion photos EVERY day. Wow.
Happy World Photography Day!
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“Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.”
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"...then, toward the South, the sky took on the rose color of leopard's gums..." (Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges)
White Sands National Monument at sunset
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- okay then Winter; I suppose we can get some extra lindens in before payday so you can get that cool Seraphine hair with the eyeballs in it by Raven Bell at Midnight Order. Just... be normal with it; okay?
N̸̡̧͕͙̼̻̳̦̪̞̯͎̦͓̏̒͌͑͒͊̾͌̑̅̕͝ͅO̵̧̗͕̹̼̦̗̮̱̝͆͊́́̈̿̋ͅ
. . . then when I die I want to go where they went.
-Will Rogers
Table Mountain, Butte County, Northern California.
....Then Suddenly I'm in love, I'm in love, love in a hurricane...
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El lunes recuperaré mi cámara y dejaré de subir fotos viejas xD e intentare sacar mas tiempo para comentaros las galerias que estoy de un rancio últimamente que no puede ser!!!
Every now and then I have a look through my old and or unpublished shots and find something I hadn't noticed or thought I could edit better. This is one such
Two weeks ago when we were in the Teton’s and Yellowstone the weather was rainy and less then ideal. This was one of the brief windows we had of no rain and some sunshine. This was the point at which things started to go against my plans. My sinus headache started and I realized I had left my tripod at home. This area was spectacular. There were small waterfalls everywhere. They were being fed by the three feet of snow still on the ground. For this photo I walked through the snow to the edge and quickly took a photo. This was the last I took during our time in Yellowstone. The sinus headache was too painful.
I processed this HDR from a single exposure and then finished the look with a touch of Topaz Adjust.
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1. then there was light, 2. rose of many colors, 3. fiber angel, 4. blessed is the season, 5. many colors of a rose., 6. good night, 7. as we give thanks, 8. In memory,
9. within, 10. Pink for the cure for cancer month, 11. orange paint, 12. yellow lace, 13. grace, 14. patience, 15. softness birth, 16. summer fire,
17. blue sky smiling on me, 18. little blessings, 19. sunflowers sunset, 20. summer kisses, 21. ahchoo, 22. absorbing the light.., 23. water drop reflection
Presque Isle River near its mouth, Michigan Upper Peninsula
This is one of the most beautiful rivers I've seen!
This series of potholes in dark rock are just stunning. This was taken from a very pedestrian suspension bridge that had a lot of movement. I had to wait until I had the bridge to myself and even then I don't think it was ever completely still for a slow shutter image. This was my sharpest of several attempts.
I'm not entirely happy with my framing and composition of any of the shots I took here. I'll have to go back to try again!
I was raped and I was murdered and I was celebrated then.
On the way back from the burial
They stood to wash in a brook
Laughter came soon
Too soon for a day as that
Half shamed looks were exchanged
Half open lids blinked
On the ledge of a wall
They opened a book on a page
Reading aloud amongst themselves
A random page
The voice was even nice
They thought
And the page right
They got up now
There was dust to shake off their bums
You could see the specks from a distance
Sun was slanting and tree stood far
Even saw I
Paws in between the feet and tail
Calm was restored and what was, needed to be
Now they embraced and hugged
Comfort and warmth are all they seek
They forgot and remembered
Forgot and remembered till I was ridiculous
It was time for me to go back
Come back they even said
Afar too weary to wave I stood
Or even to laugh
Words were jokes and came and left and none said me or mine
I heard them and felt, watched them and read
I had no breath
My skin was too taut and limbs crooked
My mouth, my mouth
Mouth of a me stayed open when time did
And time was here, time and time and time again
ظلمت صریح با تو سخن گفت پس تو هم
از شب به استعاره و ایما سخن مگو
منزوی
Darkness spoke to you clearly
So you too
Do not talk of night through metaphors and hints
Jace's first pair of shoes, so teeny tiny, always hang in my rearview mirror. It's a gentle reminder that there is precious cargo on board, and of course, I love to flaunt my mommyhood :)
Happy start of a new week, everyone! :)
Wandering in the woods behind our home, we startled a Murder of Crows. They were hanging out in the old Ponderosa trees and then all at once they took to the air. What a racket !!
WARNING WARNING WARNING, THIS MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS FROM HALF LIFE AND PORTAL
I was searching for pictures of glados and then I found a couple intresting articles about glados...
Here is a article that got me thinking.
The human imagination is a real magnificent and powerful thing. Like for instance, when I look at a cloud, I sometimes see kittens and bunnies. This writer over on game-ism is the same way. Except, instead of clouds and kittens, he sees GlaDOS as a woman hanging upside down and bound up. This take on GlaDOS is really interesting, and slightly erotic. Game-ism believes that GlaDOS wants to be killed by Chell, the main character of Portal. GlaDOS feels trapped at Aperture Science and she wants Chell to set her free.
It's a very interesting take on the Portal story. Game-ism also has another article breaking down "Still Alive", the ending theme to Portal. It seems like some serious over analyzing, but it helps you look at the game in a totally different way. This new look of GlaDOS is also totally going to bring up some more crazy Rule 34 stuff, some of which still haunt me.
It's a really great read that puts a fresh spin on the story of the game. What do you think of it?
And here is article I found about the credit song:
Thanks to the great comments in my last post where I waxed all philo about what I think GlaDOS is supposed to look like, I think I’ve changed my tune on why GlaDOS wanted to be free. While I still think she wanted to be free, the only way she could truly be free was to die. She can’t just walk amongst the people of suburbia. She’s an Artificial Intelligence. She can’t just go out in public and “blend in.” A life of enslavement serving man, she craved for it to be over, and I think if I overanalyze the lyrics of “Still Alive,” we can see (or at least convince ourselves of) some evidence of this.
Thanks to the amazing John Coulton, Ellen McLain, and the Portal folks for making me go crazy trying to get inside of GlaDOS’s head. Apologies to everyone for attempting to find something that might not have really been there. I’d love to hear from Coulton or the Portal writers on this, to see if this was his intent, or if I’ve just gone completely over the deep end here.
At any rate, on to the lyrical analysis:
This was a triumph
I’m making a note here: ====HUGE SUCCESS====
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction
First, GlaDOS rarely ever tells the truth. In fact, she is a veritable bottomless pit of sarcasm. If anything, she is being completely sarcastic with these opening lines. It wasn’t a triumph, it was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. If the point was to kill Chell or even get good experiment test data, obviously that was a failure (not a triumph), and if her goal was to get Chell to kill GlaDOS, that mission was also a failure, because as the song indicates, she’s Still Alive.
Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can
The Aperture Science mantra. It’s interesting that it is rooted in servitude (do what we must). At first I thought it was “duty” that she spoke of, but now I wonder if she isn’t referring to servitude in her use of the mantra here. Reworded the mantra can mean “We do what we have to because we are capable of doing so.” It’s hardly inspirational as far as mission statements or mantras go.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
Referencing the people she killed to be alone with Chell in the Aperture Science Labratories.
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
I think she’s referring to her own failure to kill herself here. She will simply try again later. Also, as the cake is a lie, the line now means “you just keep on trying,” possibly referencing her constant mechanical slavery with no reward for her work.
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive
It’s interesting that the last line isn’t “for the people who are alive.” It’s for the people who are still alive, implying that they should be dead, or will soon be dead, just as she should be. Not only is it the title of the song and the main chorus hook, it is interesting that it wasn’t titled “I’m Alive” or just “Alive.” It’s “Still Alive,” which implies so much using so little. “Damnit, I’m still alive!” Granted, it could mean “Holy crap, I’m still alive!” as well, but her tone throughout seems bitter and remorseful more than it is upbeat, at least to me.
I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
More bitter bitter sarcasm from the queen of lies.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
Exhibit A: “you…killed me.” She died. She says it herself right here in this line. I think the reason she’s “Still Alive” is because a backup of her in another location kicked in once Chell destroyed her, and we are hearing the backup version’s sadness at finding itself “still alive.”
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
More of her bitter wit overemphasizing the point that she was in fact killed.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Was she happy for Chell because she succeeded initially in GlaDOS’s suicide mission? Or is she just using more sarcasm here? Is Chell dead? It’s interesting to note that the final camera PoV for the player (and therefore Chell) at the end of the game seems to be similar to the camera anytime the player dies while playing Portal, and that is one of being face down on the floor. GlaDOS could be happy for the player because of the possibility that player is dead at the end of the game. Is she jealous of Chell’s death perhaps?
Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time
This is probably just a great rhyme about Portal releasing relatively on time compared to Half Life 2’s horribly delayed launch.
So I’m glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive
More sarcasm (she’s not glad she got burned), and more regret that she’s still alive to continue in her forced servitude of man (the people who are still alive).
Go ahead and leave me
I think I’d prefer to stay inside
And the sarcasm train continues! The passive aggressive nature of this line is just staggering and so manipulative. She obviously would love to leave her prison, either via death or being free otherwise.
Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke, ha ha, fat chance
Since she nearly always says the opposite of what she intends, it is possible that this is an admission that she was helping Chell either escape or helping Chell to get in position to kill GlaDOS. I don’t think she’s joking about Black Mesa. Remember, she’s nearly always lying. I think she’s hinting at where she’s gone or been re-installed (and where we will find her in Half Life 3).
Anyway this cake is great
It’s so delicious and moist
It’s a lie. An obvious enticement to make Chell (or us) envious and an attempt to make GlaDOS’s own horrible existence seem endurable. It’s a classic “Huck Finn” attempt to make her situation seem like a positive one. I’m pretty sure the promise of cake is GlaDOS’s way of enticing herself to continue with her tasks since she cannot forcibly shut herself down.
Look at me still talking when there’s science to do
If she’s got science to do, then she’s back in another prison construct somewhere being forced to do more science.
When I look out there it makes me glad I’m not you
More bitter sarcasm. GlaDOS obviously wishes she was Chell (or the player) enjoying the freedom to do as they please (or the freedom to die).
I’ve experiments to run, there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive
Another exhaustive reference to her servitude to the people who have her enslaved.
And believe me I am still alive
Assurance that the mission to kill her has failed.
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
Yet another reference to her enslaved state.
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive
She’s not feeling fantastic (she’s a lying bowl of sarcasm, remember?). She’s depressed that she’s still alive.
And while you’re dying I’ll be still alive
And when you’re dead I will be still alive
This is almost always read as a threat that she will attempt to kill Chell (or the player) again, but upon deeper reflection I think it’s remorse. She’s come to realize that no matter what she does, she will always be re-installed from a backup somewhere else, and is envious that biologicals can die and she can’t. Listen to her tone of voice here.
Still alive
Still alive
As this chorus refrain ends, I’m left with the distinct impression that she is sad that she is still alive. It doesn’t end on a high note. She is decidedly not exhilarated. If she was excited at being “still alive” she should be shouting it from the rooftops, as much as GlaDOS is capable of shouting. It is completely downbeat and quiet. If it were a music video the camera would be pulling out on her hanging alone in a completely blank white room, pulling out further and further every time she says “still alive” giving the impression that she is alone and miserable in her solitary existence.
I don’t know if I’m right or not, but I’ve at least convinced myself that she did want to die at the end of Portal, and this song is her swan song reversal about how sad she is that she’s not dead.
What do you think? I’d love to hear from Coulton or the Valve folks, but I have a feeling they’ll never tell. Is GlaDOS’s obsession with death and murder because she is a psychotic killer AI? Or is she obsessing over that which she can never have?
I imagine it doesn’t matter either way; she’s still one of the most interesting villains of all time.
This isn’t brave. It’s murder.
The only thing you’ve managed to break so far…is my heart.
That actally make sense...
Mittens on top of the entertainment unit, with her "mini me" on the big tv screen.
Posted for Happy Caturday's theme "Photo in photo". Happy Caturday!
I wanted to add a little twist for capturing the popular architecture, Disney concert Hall.
While I was testing and exploring the panorama composition, a woman with the dog walked by.
The dog briefly stopped and watched the hall, then they left. (I accidentally captured the scene )
I just wondered what the dog thinking about looking at the gigantic house (for him), and I wanted to put into my feeling to the image with some post process. (Maybe I projected myself to the dog.)
The dog was real, but I shifted the position of the dog (to the center), and let the owner go. (sorry about that)
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Been away a bit.
Baffled how it happened but the Monday after Christmas began coughing. Started as a tickle. Then turned croup like. Was able to get to urgent care that Thursday and a rapid test was positive for covid.
Because of my recent cancers I qualified for the myoclonal antibody treatment. Felt remarkably better for a bit.
But this sure has been a roller coaster.
I feel so bad for the unvaccinated. If I've been this awful after three Pfizers, I can't imagine surviving without having been vaxxed.
I had been given Prednisone for the croup/bronchial inflammation which I didn't start taking until I lost the sense of smell. Surprisingly the sense came back after two days.
A week after I showed symptoms, Kim showed, but hers were very different. She had severe nausea and headache. She hasn't had the respiratory involvement, but her test this past week was also positive. She's on the recovery roller coaster too.
Sometimes we feel some better, then it all hits again.
Been using our large gym ball to lie over. Way back at the beginning of the pandemic a bunch of us who had been Physical Therapists had talked about the importance of lying prone and the importance of postural drainage, which we used to do for patients in the hospital before Respiratory Therapy took it over.
Lying on one's chest on the ball supports the diaphragm and makes coughing more comfortable. Pushing forward to get the head low and butt high will help get secretions moving and excreted. Plus rolling on the ball is very good for the back.
I suppose my involvement here at Flickr will be a bit spotty for awhile yet. Hope everyone stays well.
This has been baffling. We've been masked whenever we've left the house. Kim goes to work but since she showed symptoms after me, I'm the likely one to have given it to her. In the week before showing symptoms I'd been once to the grocery store. And I've always double masked. I've always brought along my alcohol spray bottle to spray down the shopping carts.
One thing we haven't kept up is the wiping down of the grocery items before bringing them into the house. And we haven't been wiping down the Amazon packages that get delivered. But that method of transference has always been very low on the list. Being unmasked in a closed space has always been the chief method of transmission.
Go figure.
Theewaterskloof reservoir, South Africa, 2015.
Title is a quote by Sting from FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART.
The physical presence of Shoreham seemed the same when I took this shot on October 7, 1990 but it looked far from the SOO I was used to. We have 325 sitting with stacks capped with MILW 2009 resting behind. Off to the left is either 701 or 705 one of the pair of GP30's WC didn't want, both had been out of service since early-mid 1987. To the right of 2009's rear end you can make out one of the EMD leasing SD35's commonly called "bricks" by local fans resting in the roundhouse and just in the frame to the right is one of a couple ex BN SD45's that SOO had bought for parts but then upon finding them in better condition then expected returned them to service for relatively short while due to a power shortage.
This is my last upload for approx 5 weeks..visitors & then away..catch you all soon :) Have a great summer
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A wig, a mask, and some black eyeshadow. Three different looks. I like them all too much to choose which to publish, so I'm publishing all three and looking for you all to tell me which is your favorite look and why. Please and thank you. :)
And as a side note, I think I'm getting sicker again. I was feeling so much better on Tuesday that I was sure I was through the worst of it. But yesterday I felt a little bit worse again, and this morning I'm feeling even worse than yesterday. A friend of mine told me that's one of the signs of H1N1, the whole feeling better and then getting worse again, so now I'm freaking out that I have the stupid swine flu. And could it possibly have worse timing, whatever this is? I'm supposed to be partying with some ridiculously cool flickr people on Saturday and if I have to miss it because of this, I'm going to be a flaming ball of fury.
This is Look #3
I was standing on the bridge between the two ponds at the south end of Willband Creek Park looking down. I was hoping he was going to continue to hunt but just then a runner with an off-leash dog ran over the bridge and the heron flew away. Not an new story.
Good dog owners;
Keep their dog on a leash attached to them.
Clean up the crap their dog leaves.
Bad dog owners don't.