The Storm and God's Song

The end of June brought a spectacular storm with clouds that developed over the region with jaw dropping color, formation and lightening.  The clouds, shaped within their own movement, danced across the sky in blends of gold, orange, pink and blue.   Lightening added to the drama and made it a photographer's delight if lucky enough to capture it's bolt piercing through the storm.  

It is during times like this in the presence of such awesomeness in nature, that one can feel very small.   Words cannot begin to describe the unfolding scene and one can only appreciate how truly great our God is, the Maker of the universe.

This summer has brought some unusual opportunities to photograph and most of it has happened without having to travel.  Often, there is beauty awaiting to be discovered in the silent subtlety of a flower or the roaring motion of a storm.  September will soon be here with its own surprises in the season of Fall and the beauty it brings.

Nothing can be more wondrous then God's ultimate creation - when He breathed His breath of life into man and man became a living soul.  I like to think that man and woman were originally created to be God's song.  In the redemptive sense, as we breathe or take in God's breath, we also release this breath back to Him and our life is the voice that becomes a living song in praise and intimacy with the Almighty Source of Life to whom we belong.


I hope you will join me at The Turn-Up Patch in a few weeks.  Until then, here is a beautiful quote by John Powell.... "God sends each person into this world with a special message to deliver, with a special song to sing and with a special act of love to bestow."