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Two weeks ago I chanced across a spiders web whilst on a long walk, through which I was able to capture the sunrise behind it. Along the same route this morning, although there wasn’t the clear sunrise, just blankets of mists, but the moist morning air highlighted every spiders web along the way.
This made for some great images, with the morning dew hanging off the intricate patterns of the webs, with the misty sunrise behind.
Morning Dew
Before The Mist
Distant Glow
Morning Web
Home
TAPESTRY by HILLSONG UNITED Maker of earth and sky And everything before our eyes Your word formed life and light Within the crucible of time The genesis of all mankind
Our lives a tapestry of grace Your hand has weaved together In You no thread will ever fray This hope is ours forever
Your work of art a mystery Beyond all earthly measure Your love for us a masterpiece Jesus our hope always
Author of grace divine Love orchestrated in our lives The cross of Calvary The gift of God the centrepiece Upon that cross You set us free
Our lives a tapestry of grace Your hand has weaved together In You no thread will ever fray This hope is ours forever
Your work of art a mystery Beyond all earthly measure Your love for us a masterpiece Jesus our hope always
Lift our eyes towards the Son Glorious You stand alone Raised to life You’ve overcome Holy is the Lord our God
Your love is unrivalled Your glory spans eternity Your word is final The cross of Christ our victory Every knee will bow at the Name of Jesus For there is no name like the Name of Jesus
I have a number of days holiday left which need using up before the end of the year, so with a few appointments to make this week, I booked the whole week off from work. So this morning I woke to clear skies, although it was still dark, at 5.30am I ventured out for a long walk, everything looked good for a great sunrise and the timing should see me reach the lake in time for the sun to rise over it.
Well, that was the plan, but as the darkness subsided, the Newark Mist replaced it, masking the sun and it’s rise. When I got to the lake there was no sign of the sun beyond the thick mists, the first photo was taken at 6.49am, just the lake shrouded in mist. I continued along the cycle track for a number of miles, until the mist started to clear and the sun and the moon were both visible in the blue skies beyond the mists. But as I turned back to come home, it wasn’t long before I walked back into the same mists I had just left, it was Newark just hidden under clouds of mists, again. A few miles out of town it was quite clear, but Newark, it just seems to hold on to the mist, all day sometimes. Oh well, I’ll just have to try again tomorrow.
6.49am – Newark Mist
7.20am – Breaking Through
7.24am – Through Morning Mists
7-.27am – In The Clearing
7.28am – Beyond The Web
7.30am – Moon In Clear Blue
7.38am – Back Into Mist
7.48am – Hidden Again
8.10am – Still Surrounded
8.11am – Back In Newark Mists
PUSHING BACK THE DARK by JOSH WILSON One million reasons why, you shouldn’t even try. After all you’re just one heart, a single candle in the dark. And there are shadows here, feeding on your fears, That you don’t have what it takes – who are you to make a change?
But oh, oh, don’t underestimate the God you follow.
Whatever you do, just don’t look back. Oh somebody needs the light you have. Whatever you do, just don’t lose heart. Keep on pushing back the dark, Keep on pushing back the dark.
The city on a hill, it should be shining still. Every sinner saved by grace, has a purpose, has a place Inside the bigger plan, we might not understand. But if we just keep walking on, we will see the Kingdom come, yeah.
Whatever you do, just don’t look back. Oh somebody needs the light you have. Whatever you do, just don’t lose heart. Keep on pushing back the dark, Keep on pushing back the dark.
(Let your lights all shine…) Oh, oh, don’t underestimate the God you follow. He is the light that burns inside your soul, So keep on shining ’til the whole world knows.
Whatever you do, just don’t look back. Oh somebody needs the light you have. Whatever you do, just don’t lose heart. Keep on pushing back the dark, Just keep on pushing back the dark, dark.
Whatever you do, just don’t look back. Cause somebody needs the light you have. Whatever you do, just don’t lose heart. Keep on pushing back the dark, Keep on pushing back the dark, yeah
(Let your lights all shine) When you feel like you’re too small (Let your lights all shine) To do any good at all (Let your lights all shine) Like a sunrise through the window (Let your lights all shine) Like a symphony crescendo (Let your lights all shine) We are waking up again, we are rising from the dead (Let your lights all shine) We are shining like the stars, we are pushing back the dark (Let your lights all shine) Yeah, we are pushing back, pushing back the dark (Let your lights all shine) We are pushing back, we are pushing back, pushing back the dark (Let your lights all shine) Just pushing back, we are pushing back, pushing back the dark (Let your lights all shine)
I’ve been looking over the last few mornings for an image which fitted this weeks challenge, something unusual, I think I found one this morning, the sunrise through a spiders web.
SLOW YOUR BREATH DOWN by FUTURE OF FORESTRY I’ll give you more to own than All of this And I’ll give you more than years For you were once a child of innocence And I see you just the same Your burdens couldn’t win or Lose a thing Oh, I’d tell you once again But you’re always on the run
Slow your breath down Just take it slow Find your heart now, oh You can trust and love again Slow your breath down, just take it slow Find your smile now, oh You can trust and love again
If you leave I’ll still be close to you When all your fears rain down I’ll take you back a thousand times again I’ll take you as my own I would sing you songs of innocence ‘Til the light of morning comes ‘Til the rays of gold and honey cover you In the sweetness of the dawn But you’re always on the run
You’re not alone You’re now a part of me You feel the cure I’ll feel the toil it brought you
