Panoramic View above Haystack Res 06/07/10

Haystack Res at Sunset on 06/07/10 Mt. Jefferson in the back I believe. 


I go towards Haystack Res because there is a pair of Bald Eagles that hang out there! They were around last night just not close enough for my camera's zoom.   The eagles have been around for a couple of years and out fish me everytime.




I take these pictures with a Fuji sure shot  portable camera.  My dream camera for right now is a Nikon D90 soon I will be able to get great pictures of the Bald Eagles.

Wild Flowers and baby calf and it's mom we spotted on the way to the lake.

I love God's creations!

Debbi

WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. Old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA : New Pledge of Allegiance ?(TOTALLY AWESOME)!


Since the Pledge of Allegiance

and The Lord's Prayer

Are not allowed in most

Public schools anymore



Because the word 'God' is mentioned.....
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached







NEW School prayer:



Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene..
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.


For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all..
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.


We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks...
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong...


We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles..
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen



If you aren't ashamed to do this, Please pass this on.
Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed
of you before my Father.'

Not ashamed. Pass this on.





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Beautiful Dream

I had this beautiful dream.  It was a buisness meeting at a church.   We were in a balcony where a choir would sit and we were discussing budget, computer stuff.  There were some folks there I knew from the church I attend in real life but most of the people I didn't know. There were folks there for memebership into the church. These folks I would probibly never associate after church with just because of the way they were dressed and cut their hair and because of their peircings. 

This lady stood up and gave her testimony.  I was moved to tears. She quoted beautiful scriptures and then her husband gave his tesimony.  This buisness meeting turned into a worship service and I was moved.  We sang modern songs that were straight out of the KJV.  It was beautiful and so peaceful.  And for the first time in a long time lifted my hands to the heavens to worship my God and King.  I didn't have to think about it I just did!


This dream ended all to soon.  But left a very real image in my heart.   How many times do we judge someone for the way the look?  Their hair cut, the percings in the face, the tatoos.  How often do we listen to their words. To their hearts.
How often do we attend a church board meeting and break out into worship?
 To truelly listen to God and to honor him and his works???


Psalm 100 


Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his [a] ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

 
I hope you all have a very blessed day today!
 
 
 
Debbi