Just A Parable

For Skywatch Friday

If you and I
Were to reach the sky
We might hear it breath a sigh

Yet we're no higher than some branch
Just a parable with a chance

Oh, and if we could
Perhaps we'd fly

We're no bird
We have no wings?

But we can listen
To his song

Then we'd learn
To get along-

On The Isle Of Patmos

John, In the Spirit, on the Isle of Patmos..
Taken from
Rev. Chapt 1:9-

"And I turned to see the voice that spoke to me..

And having turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength..

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not;

I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. “Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things"..

Amen;

The Occupants

Happy To Forget

Putting his head
Together with mine
Drifting above
A carpet of lime

Just

Happy to forget
About the time..
In the moment

Wait like the spider
Who strung his line
No future date
To keep in mind..
In the sunlight
Can feel it penetrate

While we watch from below
As it crosses the trees..
Drifting above
A carpet of lime..

In the moment-
Just
Happy to forget
About the time

Loves Sacrifice

I guess you could say, the way the moss adheres to rocks and trees, illustrates the verse (Fellowship of the Mystery)- which had become the inspiration behind the following poem-
(Kipuka- Slide with Hawaiian terms below)

Love is a sacrifice
As a thorn to a rose
Unless
You’ve counted all loss (Phil.12:9,10)
Why boast in what
Pertains to weakness? (2 Cor 12: 9)

The Author of our salvation
Captain
And
Prince
Leads us into an inheritance
As co-heirs..
If indeed we share in His suffering-
Along an appointed avenue
He’s perfected-
Sanctification through death..
Death, Consummated in glory

&
Here lies
Loves paradox
Through transformation-
As co-heirs..
If indeed we share in
His suffering- we must cease (in order that we may also be sharers in His glory)
Heb 8: 10, 11..” I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.”

Love is a sacrifice
As a thorn to a rose
So unless
You’ve counted all loss
Why boast in what
Pertains to weakness?
"But His love rendered
Powerless
him who had the power of death" (Heb. 2:14)
(the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers)
(Eph:3: 8-12)
(full vss. on bottom)
(When Christ is said to be glorified, it means simply that His innate glory is brought to light, made manifest) (Zodhites)
~
2 Cor. 3:18- But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
~
Eph 3:8-12 “the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord”
~
Fellowship- To share with (sugkoinoneo) to have a share in.
&
The mystery being profound-

(speed this up with the arrows at top if you like)

The slide is titled Kipuka, a word describing Islands of vegetation surrounded by lava.
There are over a hundred species of moss.
Here are just a few Hawaiian terms for mosses, liverworts and lichens-

Huluhulu a'ilio- A green velvety carpet, like mountain moss...the spore cases rise above the plants (fur like a dog)
Ekaha- A moss growing on rotted trees, also Limu ekala

Subterranean Floors

You might want to enlarge these..

Afternoon sun descends
Softening limbs
Falls through every leaf
Gracing jagged peaks


Hidden streams crawl
Through subterranean floors
Red brew glows
Captive growth
In tubes below,
Buds escape
While vapors rise



Ohia Lehua Blossoms
Vents spew
Along sloping flanks
Dance with shadows
Enchanting hues

Hypnotise-

Momentary Glances

For Monochrome Weekly-thanks to Aileni

( I decided to just keep two..one in the mono and regular..just in case someone was wondering where the third one went)-

Divine Order

Reproduction..
Through conception or imitation?

"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone;

The manifestation of Christ
Expressed though His love-
Amongst ourselves..

“But if it die, it beareth much fruit..” Jn 12:24-

Inspiration from
The Gospel of John
Musings on order
The writings of T.A.Sparks

The irony of it all-this is a non bearing Lilikoi (passion fruit) lol
Note..I'm just slightly behind responding to a few of your posts and can see many new ones..I'll be by shortly, thanks-

In The Wood

This is one of the many Banyan trees in down town Hilo along Banyan Drive- Big Island

Click for a little info on the- Banyan tree
I believe these trees can drop the temperature at least ten degrees underneath..

Some of the action across the street over at (Reed's Bay)
My dog frolicking with the ducks