Disturbing Presence

Ephemera that sparks my spirit

[anglofranco]

[thichnhathanhgems]

[desert-love]

[markseifried]

Save us, O Lord our God,     and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name     and glory in your praise. (Psalm 106:47)

[andulkaphoto]

[markseifried]

God reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light. (Job 12:22)

[anglofranco]

[yanushkaa]

You don’t have to try to understand anything

Just listen to the sound

[markseifried]

Seek the Loving One and her strength;     seek her presence continually. (Psalm 105:4)

[alonecanbebeautiful]

[markseifried]

Happy Pride Month, y'all!

[yoshitaka-koga]

ミソサザイ

[markseifried]

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.  (2 Corinthians 9:6)

[andulkaphoto]

[markseifried]

Consider it pure joy, beloved, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. (James 1:2-3)

[depsidase]

[haikuandmore]

[haikuandmore]

[markseifried]

God made the moon to mark the seasons and the sun knows when to go down. (Psalm 104:19)

[anexperimentallife]

Despite sixty years of trade embargo, and now a total blockade, Cuba has outpaced the US in literacy, life expectancy, and other areas--and this is after the country had already been plundered of much of it's natural resources.

The only thing the US is "proving" with this blockade is that large, powerful countries can use their power to harm smaller, less powerful ones. If, as capitalists claim, "socialism doesn't work," it wouldn't take sixty years of intervention from the most powerful country in the world to "prove" it.

[radical-revolution]

[markseifried]

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10)

[rainie-is-seasonchange]

Five spot nemophila.

Osaka, Japan.

[maxgromov]

[desert-love]

[markseifried]

Those who hope in the Loving One will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:31)