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[koolewong]

In case you couldn't tell, I spend quite a bit of time at the beach in the dark, walking and watching the sunrise most mornings. For me it's a living metaphor, a living picture each day to remind me that no matter how dark the night is, or gets, the light is always coming. That has been important having gone through the darkest year(s) of my life, marred by unfaithfulness, betrayal and disappointment. These walks and these photos are a reminder that the night is not permanent. A reminder to not stay in that place. To let go, not become bitter or cynical, but rather look for the light in the dark. To see the good, to be grateful. Lastly, a reminder to hope. The night is temporary. Someone wise once wrote, "Love... trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what. Love will never become obsolete." [1 Cor 13:7-8] Grace and peace to you this Valentines day. (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1KfrUF0ks/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ubxbmjtxzi9o

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And they'll come singing with joy. Overwhelming, never-ending joy will crown their heads with happiness and delight while desperation and depression melt away. Is 51:11 (at Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btymr3xhF1b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f5kk3b2mfcbk

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Commit your path to the Eternal; ... He will deliver justice for you into the light of the high sun. Ps 37:5-6 (at Mount Maunganui) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btv9SfqBJxv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n3epkf1qoow4

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My favourite people... (at Mount Maunganui) https://www.instagram.com/p/BttYXuFhmgi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vkrg25h0v92x

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As I watched, they began to sing a new song... Rev 14:3 (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btq9VjYhdfp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bg3jfnm9y6gj

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A fast for Me involves sharing your food with people who have none, giving those who are homeless a space in your home, Giving clothes to those who need them, and not neglecting your own family. Is 58:7 (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btog-SEhAeS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5uirabo2ffz1

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... splitting hairs does no good; it only ruins those forced to listen to meritless arguments. 2 Tim 2:14 (at Papamoa Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btl068-BFxC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nkzq92wtkqw0

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Son ❤️ (at On the Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btj588_BTYL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mk2em784l8ig

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Not for us, O Eternal One; this glory is not for us-but for you... Ps 115:1 (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtjKH4qhcfP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pt9dbaayya08

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He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all... ~Richard Bach (at Papamoa Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgjDb_BaoE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pefml6ff8pqm

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For I will make you well again and heal your wounds I, the Eternal,... , because they have called you an outcast... Jer 30:17 (at Mount Maunganui) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btd6403hk0N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dkfneegmjue1

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"Man does not live by bread alone..." Mt 4:4 (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbgL1KBWAn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vs3ca2qddq24

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Sing songs of praise to the Eternal; tell stories of all his miracles. Ps 105:2 (at Papamoa Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtY076IhFcU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qq1kc8cr9xu1

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... clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Col 3:12 (at Mount Maunganui) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtW8o8VBZvX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bs60d7j702vq

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You have explored my heart and know exactly who I am; You even know the small details like when I take a seat and when I stand up again. Even when I am far away, You know what I'm thinking. You observe my wanderings and my sleeping, my waking and my dreaming, and You know everything I do in more detail than even I know. Ps 139:1-3 (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOkJ0YBfUq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fzf8snvf10bu

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People are forever watching things. They should be seeing. I see the things I look at. I am a see-er. ~Patrick Rothfuss (at Bay of Plenty Region) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtL-xYJFOyQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18usfqtjfh4i9

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Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien (at Western Bay of Plenty District) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJ_x84FcNE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k73ded1hps6d