At The End Of The Rainbow

Morning stalker that I am ... Most days you will find me creeping into the briskness of post dawn air. All is quiet ... my landscape awaits. It never fails to tantalize my senses. Disheveled hair, robe still on, Fugi camera in hand... I must look a bit like a crazed old lady. I have on several occasions startled my neighbor who lives with his wife on the boat next door. I am anxious to see what deliciousness will meet my eyes in my land of island beauty on Hummingbird Haven where I live.

I have learned that morning and evening are the best times of day to capture what the Lord has painted on His landscape. I photograph day after wondrous day... paintings done by my Makers hand. I have lived here for 22 years and only this last year have begun to truly appreciate the colors "at the end of the rainbow" ... as others have dubbed the land where we live.

What is the Lord teaching me as I take the pictures of His Creation? One is ... for those He has given eyes to see He will reveal what He is doing on a daily basis. That if we look deep into His handiwork there is truly a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

^{And most importantly is the lesson of "waiting on the Lord" ... oh how hard is it to wait? I am one, who when I receive a thought or "once a good notion" I am sometimes compelled to grab that notion and run like the wind for the goal line. Sad thing is .. often it is the wrong goal and the "other side"  has me on the foul. I think photography is teaching me a tantamount lesson... found in the following verse.}
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Then there is the last pictures of the day ... not a lot different than the ones of morning light but different just the same .. waiting for them is worth it all. And waiting on the Lord is more than worth it. Sometimes the waiting may indeed save a life maybe even your own. Listen to what He is speaking to your heart. He has a message for each one .. He taught me long ago to find His word and to fill my heart with it. It is from the word He leads us ...

Psalm 25:1-15 

In you, Lord my God,
    I put my trust.

² I trust in you;
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous without cause.

⁴ Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.
⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,
    and my hope is in you all day long.
⁶ Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
    for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth
    and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right
    and teaches them his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
    toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
¹¹ For the sake of your name, Lord,
    forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

¹² Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
    He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.^[b]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
    and their descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴ The Lord confides in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.