A Shutter of Awe: December 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016

Butterflies

Painted Butterfly

-- H.R. Lacroix, age 16

Yellow Butterfly
--H.R., age 16

Orange butterfly
H.R. Lacroix, age 16

Bluish Butterfly
-- H.R. Lacroix

"Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind'; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good."(Gen 1:24-25)

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Flowers

Water droplets on Rose

-- H.R. Lacroix, age 16

Yellow flower
--F.R.. Lacroix, age 14

White flowers
-- C.V. Lacroix, age 18

-- Red Cone-like flowers on trees, Budapest, Hungary
L. Lacroix

Sunflowers in Serbia
-- L. Lacroix

Sunflower
-- H.R. Lacroix

Flower bed in Budapest, Hungary
-- L. Lacroix

Red Rose
-- H.R. Lacroix

Lovely Red Rose
-- H.R. Lacroix

Delicate flowers
-- H.R. Lacroix

Red Lily
-- H.R. Lacroix

Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
(Gen 1:11-12)

"As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children." (Psa 103:15-17)

"The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." (Is 40:7-8)

“For, ‘All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. the grass withers, and the flower falls off, but the Word of the Lord endures forever.’ And this is the word which was preached to you.” (1Pe 1:24-25)

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Animals

Three Giraffes

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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Trees

Trees of North Carolina

-- C.V. Lacroix

Trees of North Carolina

-- C.V. Lacroix

Trees of North Carolina

-- C.V. Lacroix

Trees of North Carolina

-- C.V. Lacroix

Green Pathway

-- H.R. Lacroix

Trees of North Carolina

-- H.R. Lacroix

Trees of North Carolina

-- C.V. Lacroix

Autumn tree
-- H.R. Lacroix

Autumn tree
-- F.R. Lacroix

Autumn trees
-- F.R. Lacroix

Autumn tree
-- F.R. Lacroix

Forest Beauty
-- H.R. Lacroix

"Then God said, 'Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them'; and it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good." (Gen 1:11-12)

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Mountains

White Mountains of New Hampshire

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Mountains of Slovakia
-- L. Lacroix

"Then God said, 'Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear'; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good." (Gen 1:9-10)

"For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD God of hosts is His name." (Amo 4:13)

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Water

Pond

F.R. Lacroix

Reflections
-- H.R. Lacroix

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada*

"Then God said, 'Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear'; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good." (Gen 1:9-10)

* 3,160 tons of water flows over Niagara Falls every second. This accounts for 75,750 gallons of water per second over the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 681,750 gallons per second over the Horseshoe Falls.

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Sky

Blue sky in Budapest, Hungary

Fair skies in Serbia

"Then God said, 'Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.' God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day." (Gen 1:6-8)

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Grass

Fields of Hungary
-- L. Lacroix

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
-- L. Lacroix

Green Field
-- L. Lacroix

Green Field
-- C.V. Lacroix

"He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth." (Psa 104:14)

"As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes." (Psa 103:15)

"The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." (Is 40:7-8)

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Fish

"Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.' God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.'" (Gen 1:20-22)

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