"The parched ground shall become a pool..."
Visions Becoming Reality, Charles Spurgeon
We always have a vision of something before it actually becomes real to us. When we realize that the vision is real, but none yet real in us, Satan comes to us with his temptations, and we are inclined to say that there is no point in even trying to continue. Instead of the vision becoming real to us, we have entered into a valley of humiliation.
Life is not idel ore, Bur iron dug from central gloom, And battered by the shocks of doom, to shape and use.
God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley that so many of us give up and faint. Every God given vision will become real if we will only have patience.
Just think of the enormous amount of free time God has! He is never in a hurry. Yet we are always in such a frantic hurry. While still in the light of the glory of the vision, we go right out to do things, but the vision is not yet real in us. God has to take us into the valley and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the point where He can trust us with the relity of the vision. Ever since God gave us the vision, He has been at work. He is getting us into the shape of the goal He has for us, and yet over and over again we try to escape from the Sculptor's hand in an effort to batter ourselves into the shape of our own goal.
The vision that God has for us is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here. Allow the Potter to put you on His wheel and whirl you around as He desires. Then as surely as God is God, and you are you, you will turn out as an exact likeness of the vision. But don't lose heart in the process. If you have ever had a vision from God, you may try as you will to be satisfied on a lower level, but God will never allow it.
Thanks for praying with compassion for Adam and I to be changed on this trip. For our eyes to be enlightened to God's heart for the world. For our eyes to be off of ourselves and only onto Him and His purposes. For distraction and timelines and messes and "things" of the world to fade and for us to come closer and closer to His face.
For the parched ground to become a pool.
Just for info...the first picture here is of a shot of the spider, one of the images of the Nazca lines. A bunch of stuff drawn in the dirt. Kinda.
Here's a link that does a better job than I could to describe...
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/solving-history-nazca-lines/
(sorry if the commercial before the video showing is a pain)
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/solving-history-with-olly-steeds-ufos-in-ancient-peru.html
(think the aliens made them?)
The pyramid picture of the lighted water fountain is from a water fountain in the Parque de la Reserva.
The Magic Circuit of the Water Tour is currently the world record holder for the largest fountain complex in the world, consisting of 13 distinct fountains, many of which are interactive. All of the fountains are lighted at night, many with continuously changing color schemes.
The largest fountain in the Park of the Reserve, named "Magic Fountain" (Fuente Mágica) contains a jet which forces water to a height of over 80 m. Additional attractions are the Tunnel Fountain of Surprises (Fuente Túnel de las Sorpresas), a 35 m walk-thru tunnel of water ; the Children's Fountain (Fuente de los Ninos), a walk-in automated fountain; and a tunnel connecting the two sections of the park which contains an exhibition highlighting recent public works projects in Lima. The Fantasia Fountain (Fuente de la Fantasia), site of a regularly-scheduled laser and picture show, is 120 m in length and contains jets that are synchronized to music.
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