Quiet Living
by Sandra Clark
Title
Quiet Living
Artist
Sandra Clark
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Photograph - Photograph
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Featured in Wis. flowers and landscape 9/2014
Featured in 500 Views 9/2014
I once had the opportunity to drive through the country side in VA. On traveling we ran across this sheep farm. They also sold Maple syrup and that is why we were there. Looking across the field with my camera as my husband was getting the syrup I saw the farmhouse with it pasture of sheep surrounding it. It was a very peaceful, quiet scene. This fall landscape just took my breath away.
I once was asked why, if I had read the Bible through once, I read it again and again. Here is how I explained my habit of reading the Bible. I said it was like a very detailed picture.
Let's say that, at first glance, you see a barn and house - you just see a farm. If it is a good picture, the more you look at it the more you see. The small sheep in the fields, the fence that was recently mended, the sun's rays pouring through the trees, the trees that protect the house. The bird's nest nestled in the limb of one of the trees, and the swing for the children to play on hanging from a limb of another tree. A dog is asleep in the shade on the porch. On the porch, there is a rocking chair for someone to sit in. The window is open, and the curtain is not hanging flat, so the wind is blowing. It is all the same picture but the longer you look, the more you see and the more you learn about this not-so-simple farm house that is a home.
The Bible is just like that; the more I read God's word the more I hear and understand God's word. It is not just a book full of simple sentences. It is a book full of simple sentences with complex meanings, written to grow as you grow so each time you look you can see a little more of the kind of life God wants us to live. Just like that farm picture, the more you look, the more you see. That is why I read my Bible every day: I like seeing the new things.
God, Written by Sandra Clark please share only w permission
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