http://www.carrierowley.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Release the arrow Raise the sail Break the tension Tear the veil Sound the waters and check the gate The King is coming Make no mistake http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=30 I was asked to create a painting that illustrates a verse from Hosea (6:3).  This image illustrates the promise of the sun coming back out and rain showers watering the earth. The great flower in the sky is opening up like vents of a window, and pouring out a fresh spring ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=29 Rising   Beneath the surface something is always rising. Everything has a temperature, things are always moving or sleeping, alive or still. The nature of nature is a planting moving with the winds of choice and methods of sustenance. What are we giving birth to beneath the outer walls? What is brewing ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=28    "You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” -J.R.R. Tolkein http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=27   "The Spirit Himself testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are children of God. And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ sharing His inheritance with Him; only we must share His suffering if we ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=26 Psalm 46 "God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us. River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=25 "Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up. He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=24   "Show me how resurrection works. Give me a diagram; draw me a picture. What does this 'resurrection body' look like?" If you look at this question closely, you realize how absurd it is. There are no diagrams for this kind of thing. We do have a parallel experience in gardening. ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=23 Be moral Be good Live small and understood Say this line, erect nice walls Don't speak too loud or stand too tall Don't rattle the bars or spill the juice Smile and wear this religious noose I'm warning you, we'll run you through Don't go too far and chase that star Look here do this there's nothing you'll miss It's ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=19 Deception ->suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end; to take; à to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid; à to give a false impression ; à to lead astray or frustrate; to obscure ... http://www.carrierowley.com/blog/?p=15