“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”
Posted by: jakinnan | August 13, 2012
Natural Morning
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 13, 2012
08/13/2012 Scripture
Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God. So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.
-Romans 14:12-13 NLT
Picture Credit: Pacific Kilroy
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 12, 2012
Natural Efficiency
“Nature does nothing uselessly.”
-Aristotle
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 12, 2012
08/12/2012 Scripture
The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”
-John 6:63-65 NLT
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 11, 2012
Protecting Our Survival
“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”
―Jacques Yves-Cousteau
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 11, 2012
08/11/12 Scripture
Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don’t argue with them about what they think is right or wrong. So why do you condemn another believer[a]? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will confess and give praise to God.’”
-Romans 14:1 & 10-11
Picture Credit: Feng Jiang
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 10, 2012
Discover the Forest
Please check out http://www.discovertheforest.org. This website is great for you and your children. It has all kinds of creative ideas to explore the outdoors that will make it very enjoyable and exciting for your children. They also have a search engine that will point you in the general direction of a variety of place to explore in your area. Have a great weekend outside.
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 10, 2012
Changing Our Perspective
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.”
-Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 9, 2012
08/10/2012 Scripture
I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”
-John 6:57-58 NLT
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Posted by: jakinnan | August 9, 2012
Beauty is Essential
Beauty Is Absolutely Essential
I (John) just let out a deep sigh. That we even need to explain how beauty is so absolutely essential to God only shows how dull we have grown to him, to the world in which we live, and to Eve. Far too many years of our own spiritual lives were lived with barely a nod to beauty, to the central role that beauty plays in the life of God, and in our own lives. How could we have missed this?
Beauty is essential to God. No-that’s not putting it strongly enough. Beauty is the essence of God.
The first way we know this is through nature, the world God has given us. Scripture says that the created world is filled with the glory of God (Isa. 6:3). In what way? Primarily through its beauty. We had a wet spring here in Colorado, and the wildflowers are coming up everywhere-lupine and wild iris and Shasta daisy and a dozen others. The aspens have their heart-shaped leaves again, trembling in the slightest breeze. Massive thunderclouds are rolling in, bringing with them the glorious sunsets they magnify. The earth in summer is brimming with beauty, beauty of such magnificence and variety and unembarrassed lavishness, ripe beauty, lush beauty, beauty given to us with such generosity and abundance it is almost scandalous.
Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. We’re so used to evaluating everything (and everyone) by their usefulness, this thought will take a minute or two to dawn on us. Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Which is to say, beauty is in and of itself a great and glorious good, something we need in large and daily doses (for our God has seen fit to arrange for this). Nature at the height of its glory shouts, Beauty is essential! revealing that Beauty is the essence of God. The whole world is full of his glory.
-John Eldredge, (Captivating , 23-24)
Picture Credit: Mike Putnam
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