Santa Monica Sunset

lovely.

Wow, that's really cool! Thanks for sharing it. I'll assume this is sunset rather than that other time of the day when the sky sometimes looks like this… :o)

Looks to me that you didn't Photoshop this one at all. That's what I like to do with a lot of my photos; just display them as captured through the lens. I guess if you did Photoshop it, you did a really good job, because you don't notice it. Kind of like what they say about makeup or spices… except of course for the times when you're intentionally going for a stylized look.

Wow! What a beautiful photo!!

Check this out guys, Vicky-I think you will love this little article I used in a Bible Class yesterday. In a generation when we often feel isolated and alone in our journey and prone to discouragement as we face our failures and the compromise that surrounds us i find this neglected part of biblical theology so comforting:

“A Cloud of Witnesses”

The author of the book of Hebrews writes, “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1). The “cloud of witnesses” are the Saints who have passed on to the Church Triumphant. They are with us in the stadium as we run the race of life. They fill the bleachers. They applaud us and cheer us on to victory. They pray for us to attain our goal. They have advice to give. For they have run on the very same track and have won the garland of victory. They offer us more than applause and prayers; they offer us evidence. They can tell us how they ran the race and won, how they trained for it, how they maintained their strength. We are surrounded by these witnesses. The air is thick with them. They are like a cloud in their multitude. And every one of them has a story to tell, a story of grace and divine mercy, a story that is full of encouragement for the runners of today, if only we will listen to them. David, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and millions of others. “We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses”-not one of them silent or indifferent; all of them eager to share with us what the Lord did for them, how they found Him, what grace they received.

It is because we are “surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” that we are exhorted to “lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely” (Hebrews 12:1).

It is because we are “surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” that we are challenged to “run with perseverance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1).

It is because we are “surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” that we are admonished to look “to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2).

They are surrounding us with their prayers, their cheers and the challenging stories of their victories in Christ.

We are not alone as we proceed on the journey to the kingdom. We are part of God's great family which includes those who have gone on before us. Just as it makes a difference in the lives of children when the bleachers are filled with uncles, aunts, and grandparents, so it makes a difference when we now see that the bleachers of heaven are filled with Saints, cheering us on with their prayers and challenging us with the examples of their lives.

It is very beautiful.
When you will come to Brazil?