A new song

"Sing a new song to the Lord" - Isaiah 42.10

"I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me." - Psalm 13:6

"I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens: your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be over all the earth." - Psalm 57:9-11

See the layers

I completely love this. The original photo was taken by Jake Dobkin from BlueJake. I've previously mentioned his work - he specialises in photographing street art in New York.

I wonder...

I wonder what was going through Mary's head as Jesus carried his cross and neared death? I wonder what the disciples would have thought, when it seemed like their hope of salvation was dying? Did they grasp that this was in fact the way to their salvation? Or did they mourn, thinking all was now lost? Did Jesus' enemies rejoice, thinking they'd won? I wonder if the madman thought he'd lose his sanity again? Or if the blind worried that they'd lose their sight, now that Jesus would be gone? Did anyone know that all was not as it seemed?

I wonder what Abraham thought as he led his son to his death? His only son, through which the promise of a great nation was meant to come. Did he doubt or wonder what on earth was going on? Did he fear he'd done wrong and the promise had been taken back? Or did he trust and know that God would still prove faithful?

I think i would have wept, thinking all was lost. I think i would have feared i'd done everything wrong and now what God had said would no longer come. I think i would worry, til my head was a complete wreck. I think i would forget all that God said.

"He who promised is faithful." - Hebrews 10.23

Poppy Talk

I was looking today at a design blog called Poppy Talk. It showcases a lot of beautiful things done by other artists. The above pictures have no common link, except they are all things from her blog which i noted and like. The top image is by Olivia Jeffries and the flock of birds is by 'Small Stump'. The chest of drawers in the bottom picture is by Wis Design. I know it's very materialistic, but i just really like it (possibly because i'm trying to sort my room out at the moment and have realised how much easier it would be if i had lots of little drawers.)