SELF PORTRAITS

Now this was a difficult week as far as ILP themes!! Taking your own picture on manuel mode isn't easy...a lot of running back and forth and waiting for the timer, not so focused results!!!

So I need to rememeber that this blog is called Me, My God & My Camera...the last couple weeks it's been more like Me & My Camera....I need to remember the verse that is posted right on my blog...

He must become greater; I must become less.

John 3:30 (NIV)

Hoping next weeks theme I will think more about God!

MONOCHROMATICS....

I do like some of these....can you tell by how obsessed I am with taking these pictures? Hope I'm in the right track!

"You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."

Isaiah 58:11

I was on my Hamilton vacation during last weeks theme (and part of this week).
Last week was "In the Garden" here is what I came up with!
Everything is from my sisters garden...and one from mine!

just because...

Alright, I know I already posted todays picture...but the sky tonight was AMAZING...reminded me of a forest fire!



And my cute little boy dozed off in the car...we stopped to get gas and I love the intentional sun burst....I'm really loving this theme!!!

God is in the suns eyes...

Matthijs drew this picture yesterday....he is getting to be such a good and creative drawer (if thats a word). So I thought it would be a great picture for the sun theme and to incorporate God...enough said!



I said to him...I love your sun Matthijs...he said "Yeah! God is in the suns eyes mom and heaven is in his mouth!" So cute!

Just the other day when he saw the sun rising he said that Jesus holds the sun and the moon...
They are so creative in thought....I love him to bits and his love for Jesus at such a young age!

SHINE JESUS SHINE

This reminds me of God's Light still shining through....fighting the darkness!
This world is full of darkness...and still God's LOVE & LIGHT shines through....



f14, 1/15, ISO 200, 50mm

Another older worship song I just loved singing at Garside was "Shine Jesus Shine" I love the lyrics...Shine upon me Lord....even in the midst of darkness! I love you, Amen

SHINE JESUS SHINE

Lord the Light or Your Love is shining,
In the midst of the darkness shining,
Jesus light of the world shine upon us,
Set us free by the truth You now bring us,
Shine on me. Shine on me.

Shine Jesus shine
Fill this land with the Father's glory
Blaze, Spirit blaze,
Set our hearts on fire
Flow, river flow
Flood the nations with grace and mercy
Send forth Your word
Lord and let there be light.

Lord I come to Your awesome presence,
From the shadows into Your radiance,
By the blood I may enter Your brightness,
Search me, try me, consume all my darkness,
Shine on me. Shine on me.

As we gaze on Your kindly brightness.
So our faces display Your likeness.
Ever changing from glory to glory,
Mirrored here may our lives tell Your story.
Shine on me. Shine on me.

Morning by morning new mercies I see...

Okay....getting these sun pictures in Thunder Bay these days are a tad hard! Today we had cloudy skies...Im just glad that I grabbed what I could of the sun as it was coming up! Mind you, my neighbours must've thought I was nutty, standing on my front porch minus my winter gear setting up my tripod and firing away!!!



“The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day"

Lamentations 3:21-23 (New King James Version)

An old hymn I grew up singing in church was brought to my mind....this was ALWAYS sung with so much faith...strength...its powerful!!!

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

The name of the Lord shall be PRAISED!

Alright...Ive gotta start training myself to think about these photos more throughout the day.....
I forgot about this till I was making dinner and saw that the sun was starting to set at 5:30pm. I just ran out to the front steps and took a shot at the sunset...no time to get creative (not that I have much of that when it comes to photography!)



taken 50mm
f 3.5
1/200
iso 400

As soon I saw this picture it reminded me of this verse.....

"From the rising of the sun
to the going down of the same,
the name of the Lord shall be praised."
-Psalm 113:3

This verse will always hold special meaning for me. It makes me smile and brings back memories of dating Matthew, watching sunsets and the beautiful vase he made for me.....stunning colours! I love you babe....may we always praise the Lord's name from the time the sun rises, till the sun sets forever more!!!

Jesus, the Light of the World

The theme for the week is SUN.

How perfect...as I want to incorporate walking closer to Jesus in this blog as well as photos....

I help sell jewelry for an amazing company called NightLight. I just received my new charm bracelet today!!! I LOVE IT! It is such an amazing way to raise awarness for women wanting out of the sex trade....these pieces of jewlery are handmade by the survivors! Click here to learn more!

I decided to take a picture of a few of the charms on the bracelet...focusing on getting the cross charm with the sun through it. I'm not great at this...so here it goes! God's son, with the sun shining through...



"Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

John 8:12 (NLT)