That’s
pretty much 90% of what’s left on my camera after this weekend. Saturday, the
most common phrase I herd (see what I did there?) was absolutely, “is that a…? No, it’s a rock”. But
it was a blessed one. One in which I fulfilled an absolute childhood dream.
Saturday, I went on safari.
.tiff) |
| trees |
.tiff) |
| & butts. |
I
love animals. They give me great joy and truly delight me in every way. And I
saw warthogs and monkeys and crocodiles and zebra (singular) and birds and
hippo’s and all kinds of small and large hairy brown and horned things. And I
saw elephants, herds in the distance, and then babies up close, and one giant,
beautiful enormous one up even closer. Within meters. It was breath-taking and
wonderful.
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| brown horned thing. |
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| first glimpse! |
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| oh hey big cutie. |
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| monkeys. |
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| there is an elephant in there. promise. |
I am
blessed. I am blessed. I am blessed.
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| rock hippos. |
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| warthogs. the best! |
In
my quiet times at the moment God is very good at directing me towards
wonderful, timely verses about hope. It seems He wants to teach me a thing or
two about what that means. Today’s gems:
Romans
5:2-4
We boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we
know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance,
character; and character, hope.
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| small brown things. |
Romans
8:20-25
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by
its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage
to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as
in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not
only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan
inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our
bodies.24 For
in this hope we were saved. But hope that
is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But
if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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| dying with happiness inside. |
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| love love love. |
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