Celebration - July 2, 2008

A rose leaf patterned with a bit of good imagination.

2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Mosaic Roses. I call these Sarah roses, planted for my beloved friend Sarah when I had expecting her to visit.

1 Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

1 Pet 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Solarized Mimosa Tree blossoms, a native of Japan, they grow very quickly from their seeds.

Mat 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Mat 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Mat 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

Mat 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Mat 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Mat 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Wild oats in enhanced colors. Our fireworks were canceled because of the fires in Northern California. This was a way of celebrating from God's designs. Keep freedom by receiving Jesus as Lord.

1 Th 4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

1 Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

1 Th 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

1 Th 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

1 Th 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

1 Th 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.