{"id":11067,"date":"2023-08-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11067"},"modified":"2023-08-14T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:11:13","slug":"black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11067","title":{"rendered":"Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No Hope?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do Not Lose Heart?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, August 16, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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As In Every Photo<\/em>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In All Views Of The World, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Plays Freely.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Chronicles 29:15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Corinthians 4:16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black absorbs all light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black blocks out all light so none passes through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black is the colour of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

void<\/p>\n\n\n\n

stillness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hopelessness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sightlessness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shadows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n

death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is life like a shadow that is so fleeting one cannot but watch it pass, or like a shadow that grows and grows, coming toward one until all everything is no more as if consumed by a black hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there goes hope, out the door to the far end of the universe beyond imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black holds all light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black shades the burning heat of all light so none passes through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black is the colour of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

fullness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

calm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hope amid the burning storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

relief to the eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

shades<\/p>\n\n\n\n

waiting for rebirth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

promise of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we live our bodies deteriorate. Some say after the age of 24 our bodies start to die. Some say the warranty is up at age 30. Some say …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

… well all the someones say everything that is said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if our minds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

do not succumb to the wear and tear of life, dropping our awareness to minimum levels and below, so that we do not even know our own families, which is a horrible thing to anticipate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

then we may experience the full impact of our lives continuing on despite the deterioration of our bodies and physical abilities,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and find delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black is the colour of all that was before creation, of God in the universe alone, together three in one, lonely … it would appear … for company even with us imperfect, sinful humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black is a colour given by God, to us, and in all times, black or not, God revitalizes our spirits, calling us to live out God\u2019s grace (exercised for us) for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So even when it appears there is no hope, God<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God recreates hope for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Hope? Do Not Lose Heart? Wednesday, August 16, 2023 As In Every Photo, In All Views Of The World, Black Plays Freely. First Chronicles 29:15 For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. 2 Corinthians … Continue reading “Black”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,84,18,86,23,39,69,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-evening","category-grace","category-hope","category-lake","category-sky","category-storm","category-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11070,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11067\/revisions\/11070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}