SonRays Anniversary...

SonRays
 Anniversary

Today it is seven years
that I have been doing this
daily devotional/inspirational.

It is a form of worship for me.

I pray that by sharing this with you
I have brought a little inspiration
into your life too.

“Being deeply loved by someone
gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply
gives you courage.”
- Lao Tzu

to His light...

to His light

“Jesus would have been one of
the best photographers that ever existed.
He was always looking at
the beauty of people souls.
In fact Jesus was constantly making
pictures of God in people's life
by looking at their souls
and exposing them to his light.”
- Francis Bacon

my gift to you...

my gift to you

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower,
we should cast the gift of a loving thought
into the heart of a friend,
that would be giving as the angels give."
- George MacDonald

layers...

layers

“Strip away the layers and reveal your soul.
Give yourself up and then you become whole.”
- Matisyahu

getting close...

getting close

“Some flowers are only smelled
when going down on your knees to capture them.”
- Piet Vermeulen

more selective...

more selective

"To chart a course, one must have a direction.
In reality, the eye is no better
than the philosophy [belief] behind it.
The photographer creates, evolves a better,
a more selective, more acute seeing eye
by looking ever more sharply
at what is going on in the world."
- Berenice Abbott

ability to see...

ability to see

“Art is the window to man's soul.
Without it, he would never be able
to see beyond his immediate world;
nor could the world see the man within.”
- Claudia Lady Bird Johnson 

bumpy ride...

bumpy ride

Operating without the Lord
is like riding a bike with triangular wheels...
lots of effort, little progress,
and your in for a bumpy ride.

"Then trust the Lord completely;
don't ever trust yourself.
In everything you do, put God first,
and He will direct you
and crown your efforts with success."
-Proverbs 3:5,6 TLB

birthday kiss...

birthday kiss

photo by Erin Doyle

I think my wife gets younger with each year,
while I just get more grizzled and weatherbeaten.

LOL

"Maturity has more to do
with what types of experiences you've had,
and what you've learned from them,
and less to do with
how many birthdays you've celebrated."
- Author Unknown

friendship...

friendship

“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be.”
- Douglas Pagels

looking backward...

DJ's
(a taste of the 50's)

"To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward." - Margaret Fairless Barber