Abba's Art

Tag: Sunrise

  • Glimpsing Eternity

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    Fred D
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    I’m often asked why Alaska is where my soul finds its Shalom. Watching in silent awe as my Abba sets the heavens ablaze at dawn is but one reason that overwhelms my senses in grateful wonder  . . . I glimpse Eternity “If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the…

  • Red Dawn

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    Fred D
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    The 1984 movie Red Dawn portrays a group of teenagers banding together to defend their town and country from an invasion feared as the dawn of World War III. Entertaining, far-fetched cinema back then, still serves as an ominous warning in today’s contentious world. Today’s sunrise was a Red Dawn of a more peaceful genre,…

  • Sunrise/Sunset

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    Fred D
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    Science attributes a sunset’s red and pink hues to 2 factors: The distance sunlight has to travel. The amount of atmospheric particles the sun’s light must travel through. During sunrise and sunset the sun’s rays must pass through up to 40 percent more atmospheric area with a greater number of gas, water droplet, dust, and…

  • Great Smoky Mountains Sunrise

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    Fred D
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    Three rugged timbers on a hillside at sunrise, reminiscent of a Sonrise 2,000 years ago that forever vanquished death and sealed my salvation. “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death. is your sting?” I Corinthians 15:55 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • Sunrise . . . Sunset

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    Fred D
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    This evening’s glowing sunset held a two-fold  paradox . . . the solemn awareness that everything has an end . . . the calming assurance that each sunset will reborn in tomorrow’s sunrise . . . just as my final sunset will someday be reborn in the Son-rise of my finest forever. Keep Looking Up . .…

  • Sunrise Splendor

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    Fred D
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    My soul was awed at sunrise . . . a glimpse of God’s majesty . . . proof that He exists “How great are your works Lord” -Psalm 92:5 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • ‘Firsts’ and ‘Seconds’

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    Fred D
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    Life has lotsa’ ‘Firsts’ and ‘Seconds’ . . . First or Second best . . . First or Second place . . . First or Second choice . . . First or Second helping . . . threw that one in for Thanksgiving 😊. In this world First is preferable to Second, especially during those…

  • Denali Farewell

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    Fred D
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    A solo kayaker, bathed in the rising golden mists of a sunrise, bid us adieu as we left Denali National Park this morning. Lord willing, we’ll return again someday to this spectacular corner of creation. “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display His craftsmanship“. – Psalm 19:1            …