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Blooming in Difficult Places

Posted by Steven Norman on January 20, 2023
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: Alabama, grow. Leave a comment
A plant grows and blossoms between a rock and a hard place.

Do you feel like you are in difficult place, a town that has little to offer, a tough job? Take heart! God can make you blossom any where His providence places you. (Acts 17:26) Notice that Joseph named his second son Ephraim because God made him fruitful in the land of his suffering. (Gen. 41:52)

I stopped on I-20 East and took this picture years ago near Leeds, Alabama.

“Morning by Morning New Mercies I See”

Posted by Steven Norman on January 13, 2023
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: morning, Steeple, sunrise, travel. 3 Comments
A sunrise view of First Baptist Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC from my window. Every morning surprises the photographer with its own gift of beauty.

Quietness

Posted by Steven Norman on November 9, 2022
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: Briscoe Park, reflection, water. Leave a comment
Tranquil pond at T. W. Briscoe Park.

Isn’t it amazing how many ways water can behave and look! It can quietly reflect, violently thrash rocky shorelines, gurgle while it swirls down the drain, evaporate and reappear as clouds, then drip back down to earth as rain. There are more — fog, mist, ice, steam, drops, etc. How many more can you think of?

Think how many ways we use it. Are there any other elements that are as versatile as water?

Morning Light

Posted by Steven Norman on November 4, 2022
Posted in: Photography. 1 Comment
Rays of light shower a couple of ladies during their morning walk at Lenora Park.

Morning Glory

Posted by Steven Norman on November 1, 2022
Posted in: Photography, reflections, sunrise. Tagged: lenora park, morning, morning walk, reflection, reflections, sunrise. 3 Comments
Morning Glory at Lenora Park

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love


Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me

Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960)

God ❤️ You

Posted by Steven Norman on October 6, 2022
Posted in: love, Photography. 2 Comments

My breakfast was a fruit plate of kiwi, blueberries, raspberries, banana, pineapple, and a granola bar. Just as I finished, this last piece of kiwi said, God loves ❤️ you.

Sunset Blush

Posted by Steven Norman on August 10, 2022
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: clouds, sun, sunset. 2 Comments
When the setting sun kissed the clouds farewell, they covered their face with a veil and blushed.

Sunset at Sanibel Harbour Dock

Posted by Steven Norman on July 19, 2022
Posted in: Photography. Tagged: boat, fishing, florida, sunset. Leave a comment
Sunset view of the dock at Sanibel Harbour Marriott in Fort Myers, FL.

The Princess yacht is moored at the dock while the crew readies her for the next day’s voyage. Another small fishing vessel sits nearby as her crew fish at nightfall.

Sanibel Sunset

Posted by Steven Norman on July 12, 2022
Posted in: Photography. 4 Comments
Sunset from the pier at Punta Rassa, Fl.

Fort Myers and Sanibel Island Florida have become places I enjoy visiting. The gorgeous Gulf and the serene sunsets that seem to swiftly sink behind the tree lined shores of Fisherman Key or Sanibel Island make each sunrise and sunset meaningful to me.

Smoke Signals Over Saint Louis

Posted by Steven Norman on June 11, 2022
Posted in: Photography. 1 Comment

The dark clouds rolling eastward past the Saint Louis Arch resemble the smoke signals.

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