The Birth of Christ

Matthew Ch.1v18: "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit." Happy Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year, thankyou for logging on and many thanks to all who encouraged me with their kind comments. Hope next year we will all step into the water and face new challenges with excitement and no fear. Trust in Him, He cares for you. Love Jacinta.

Precious Gifts

Isaiah 9 v 2: "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

Vinifera

Habakkuk Ch. 3 v 17,18: "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places."

The Quiet Residence

Psalm 37: v4: "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

The Sovereign Lord

Habakkuk Ch. 3v19: "The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights."

Alpha and Omega

Revelation Ch.22v12,13: "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."

Sweet Fragrance.

2 Corinthians Ch. 2v15,16:" For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death,leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life . And who is sufficient for these things?"

Messiah

Isaiah 7v14,15: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good."

Fear not O land.

Joel Ch 3v16: The Lord also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.

Immanuel

She Trusts.

Calm Evening

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

Gold- traditionally the metal of Royalty (Jesus' kingship). Frankincense- an aromatic bark, whose smoke was thought to reach the gates of Heaven(His oneness with God). Myrrh- an unguent used in preparing bodies for burial(His eventual death on the cross).

Hippeastrum "Picotee".

"Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God."
Jeremiah 11:4b

Missy Ella visits.

"No-one is like you, O Lord;
you are great,
and your name is mighty in power."
Jeremiah 10:6

She Flies and Drinks Pink Tea

"But the Lord is the true God:
he is the living God, the eternal
King.
When he is angry, the earth
trembles;
the nations cannot endure his wrath."
Jeremiah 10:10

Lucia Moggons

"My soul thirsts for God, for the living
God.
When can I go and meet with God?"
Psalm 42:2

The Irish Yew

"My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
Psalm 42:3

Pomegranate

"Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise Him,
my Saviour and my God."
Psalm 42:5

Poppies

"Once more the humble will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy will rejoice in the holy one of Israel."
Isaiah 29:19

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fish

Mark 6:38
"How many loaves do you have?" he asked. "Go and see."

The Gardener's Vase

'"He went on: "what comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean'.
For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man unclean."'
Mark 7:21-23

Davio

"My son, preserve sound judgement
and discernment,
do not let them out of your sight;
they will be life for you,
an ornament to grace your neck."
Proverbs 3:21-22

Rose

"Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband."
1 Corinthians 7:2

Jonah And The Whale 2

Passage Of Time

Jesus Sleeps In The Storm

House Of Magenta

"I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."
Isaiah 38:6

The Lord's Provision

Psalm 23:1
"The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want."

The Bowler Hat

"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited."
Romans 12:16

Ha An Hotel Hoi An

"Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9

Pip's Plumage

"Better a dry morsel with quietness,
Than a house full of feasting with strife."
Proverbs 16:1

The Fragile Courier

"You have put gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased."
Psalm 3:7

Derek

"Better is a poor and wise  youth
Than an old and foolish king
who will be admonished no more."
Ecclesiastes 4:13

The Ovens River

"He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the water springs into dry ground;
A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it."
Psalm 107:33

Hong Kong Ferry

"When He assigned to the sea it's limit,
So that the waters would not
transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth,

Proverbs 8:29

The Creation

The green beret

"He brought me into the banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love."
Song of Solomon 2:4

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

'"The stone which the builders
rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.'?"
Luke 20:17

White Lily

"Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God."
Matthew 5:8

The grapes of wrath

"Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
"If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his
mark on his forehead or on his hand,
he himself shall also drink of
the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation.
And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb."
Revelation 14:9-10

Afternoon Tea

"Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil." Psalm 90:15

Gums

"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon."
Psalm 92:12

Turkish Delight

"That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come let us meet together in some one of the villagers in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief."
Nehemiah 6:2

Hippeastrums

"But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,
thou shalt find Him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul."
Deuteronomy 4:29

My Blue Bird

"For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon." Isaiah 16:2

Charlotte

"Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in you."
Song of Solomon 4:7

Shell by the sea

"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone."  Song of Solomon 2:11

The Yellow Flower

"For we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
Romans 8:25

Roman Architecture Lino cut print

"Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth."
Romans 8:3