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Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.
A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan.
The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens. One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise. (Wikipedia)
Bikini (Julinha*Kid): Miele
Watermelons: {what Next} *Gift SL15
Flowers vase: Ariskea (group gift)
Scenary: Astralia
"Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways."
Proverbs 20:30 TEV
GOD USES PROBLEMS AND PERSECUTION TO DIRECT YOU
Here is one of five ways God uses problems and persecution in your life - God uses problems and persecution to DIRECT you.
Idris Nalos was an animist converted to the Christian faith in southern Sudan. Soon after his conversion he became an evangelist. He went out preaching in the remotest places. Within a few years, he had planted three churches. Deemed dangerous because of his activities, he was arrested by the Islamic authorities and put in prison. There he suffered torture to make him deny his Christian faith. Beaten for hours every day, he was also totally deprived of sleep.
About to collapse, Idris prayed, "Lord, prevent me from being like Peter. I am about to give up, help me." God answered by giving Idris a vision where he saw all those to whom he had preached the gospel who, in turn, preached it to others.
"I saw those who were saved," he said. In this vision, he realized that even if his life was taken, others had already taken up the baton. From this moment on, Idris was no longer afraid for his life. Then, after three weeks of ceaseless torment, his torturers released him without explanation.
To avoid another arrest, he immigrated to Khartoum in the north, where he founded three new churches in a fundamentalist Muslim territory. He had learned how to trust and wasn't afraid anymore. God showed him where to go and what to do.
Sometimes God must light a fire under us to get us moving. Problems and pressures often point us in new directions and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your attention?
RESPONSE
God is at work in my life — even when I do not recognize it or understand it. It is much easier and more profitable when I cooperate with Him. This is the way to victory!
PRAYER
Lord, point me in the direction of Your will. May I not need problems and persecution for You to get my attention.
Standing Strong Through The Storm:
A daily devotional message by SSTS author Paul Estabrooks
© 2011 Open Doors International
Agosto 2007 Tivoli, Djurgarten, Stoccolma
She said you'd given up,
Your folks told me you should be left alone,
On a mountain top knocking the aeroplanes down with stones.
For MacroMondays theme “Generosity”
This is a quite direct approach for this weeks theme, but unfortunately money is needed in order to help people whose lives have been devastated by natural disasters, wars and poverty. One doesn't have to give huge sums of money, even pennies or cents help.
Happy MM everyone!
Not too many clouds to stir interest in the scene, but architecture and a friendly atmosphere go a long way to providing inspiration to press that shutter button!
Urban development of the banks of the Tagus river (the Ribeira) was given a definitive impulse in the early 16th century, when King Manuel I built a new royal residence – the Ribeira Palace – by the river, outside the city walls. The area was further developed with the building of a port, shipbuilding facilities (the Ribeira das Naus), the Casa da Índia and other administrative buildings that regulated the commerce between Portugal and other parts of Europe and its colonies in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
On 1 November 1755, during the reign of King Dom José I, a great earthquake followed by a tsunami and fire destroyed most of Lisbon, including the Ribeira Palace and other buildings by the river. José I's Prime Minister, the Marquis of Pombal, coordinated a massive rebuilding effort led by Portuguese architect Eugénio dos Santos. He designed a large, rectangular square in the shape of a "U", open towards the Tagus. The buildings have galleries on their ground floors, and the arms of the "U" end in two large towers, reminiscent of the monumental tower of the destroyed Ribeira Palace, still vivid in the architectural memory of the city. His plan was realised almost completely, although decorative details were changed and the east tower of the square and the Augusta Street Arch were only finished in the 19th century.
The square was named Praça do Comércio, the Square of Commerce, to indicate its new function in the economy of Lisbon. The symmetrical buildings of the square were filled with government bureaux regulating customs and port activities. The centrepiece of the ensemble was the equestrian statue of King José I, inaugurated in 1775 in the centre of the square. This bronze statue, the first monumental statue dedicated to a King in Lisbon, was designed by Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portugal's foremost sculptor of the time.
Source: Wikipedia
Desde quando me mudei que tento tirar uma foto da Igreja do Bonfim, porém tem uns fios/cabos do demo que ficam na frente, sabe? AHSUAHUSHSUAHA Dai fiz malabarismo para conseguir essa foto e ainda tive que editar bastante para tentar manter a qualidade (o que não gosto n.n'), fora esse pedaço de fio passando ali por cima, né, só para me deixar irritada, mas enfim ela está aí, eu gostei bastante e eu espero muito que vocês também gostem :D
Ótima semana para vocês (:
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