Trust and No Waiting for Tomorrow

Trust is a funny thing. I trust my mom – I trust her with my life – but sometimes when she’s driving things get a little crazy. I grip the safety handle and grab my heart and say “WHAT are you DOING?” She looks at me and replies, “I’ve been driving longer than you’ve been alive. Relax!”


This is similar to my trust in God. I’m a willing passenger in the vehicle of my life and I’ve gladly let Him take the wheel, but every now and then crazy stuff starts to happen. I grab the dashboard and grip the seatbelt and say “WHAT are you DOING?” He looks at me and replies, “I’ve been God since the beginning. Can’t you trust my driving?”


So there you have it. I trust God – I trust Him with my entire life, this one and the next – but my trust in Him must be greater than my trust in my mother’s driving abilities. Every day my trust must grow tall like a tree, strong like an ox, deep like the sea. I cannot let my trust stay as such a dismal level. An infant has more trust in its soulless, inanimate pacifier than I have in our soulful, living God. Why!?


There is no waiting for tomorrow. This is not a diet plan I’ll pick up after the holidays. This is not a paper or email or task I’ll put off ‘til the afternoon. My trust in God is strengthened right now, and every moment preceding this will be all the more peaceful because of it. Amen.

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Sunflower and Native Blossom

Presenting: Sunflower and Native Blossom
Click the links above to see them on my deviantart page or check them out below.

Equiptment used: PC, free fractal program "Apophysis," and Adobe Photoshop CS5

You don't have to use CS5 to mix these images, it's just the most up to date photoshop the school has. I enjoy using the software here because i'll probably never be able to buy all this stuff on my own.

After creating the desired fractal and its sister fractals, render each one out as a .png and then compile them in photoshop. Use different composite settings on each layer for different looks and effects. Sometimes i slap a soft blur on one of the inner layers. Inverting them in photoshop is fun, too. Pretty much mess with the options until you get something you like. I've developed a style, so i've been going deeper into the detail of my particular look as of late, but anything goes!

Enjoy.

Sunflower

 Native Blossom



These are sister pieces in that i used a similar equation to create them. The first, Sunflower, is made up of three sister images. The second, Native Blossom, only consists of one image but is related to the other three that make up Sunflower. Sometimes when i discover a really great equation i create multiple sister images to sort of 'document' its epicness. As seen here :)

To see more of my fractals and other cool stuff, visit my dA account: http://radonvalley.deviantart.com/

Peace.

Crazy Guy Email

It was as it's drawn.

Contemptuous Rose

Contemptuous Rose

TMN

Contemptuous rose,

Set apart from

Flowerbeds

For you

Choke

And poke

Your neighbors;

And thus you live

Derisive alone.

Nothing like a little poetry at 9:00 on a Tuesday morning O_o
But it's good because i actually had structure to the poem this time! XD
Praise.

Such is Homework

Here's a little sketch. It's mostly funny because it happened just like that. It's also funny because i enjoy comics in general :)

So without further ado, i present to you "My Convo with Ben."

Peace.

 - TMN