![]() Don’t hurt “change” by using your tongue to satisfy your flesh. How many times have we been only 2 cents away from peace and victory – and we gave it all away by opening our mouths?! We refused to be quiet and bankrupted the whole situation even more by talking too much. You’re not going to let them get away with that comment or action, are you? Think again. How many of us can admit that our complaints sound sweeter when part of a choir versus a solo act? How much louder does our complaining get when we have backup singers? Two Cents Township Was their gloom, “woe is me” complaints going to magically save them? Nope. Did they need God to deliver, like quick, fast, and in a hurry? Yes. “Didn’t we tell you this was a bad idea, Moses?!” “We were better off as slaves, at least we were alive!” “We told you to leave us in Egypt… bring us all the way out here in the wilderness to die!” In their eyes, with Pharoah and his army behind them, and the Red Sea in front of them, this impending doom made no sense, why? Here’s the earful they gave Moses: Look at the children of Israel in Exodus, standing at the Red Sea. Has your mouth run off to either of these places? Complain Island Either we’re mouthing off by 1) complaining about the situation, or 2) we’re busy fighting spiritual warfare with our natural words. There are 2 (maybe more) destinations that our mouths love to run to when we should be quiet and still. “And you? You keep your mouth shut!” (Exodus 14:14) So, to my surprise, while searching for that scripture that says, “God will fight for you,” why did Eugene Peterson have to add this tone in the Message Bible: I had something to say, a piece of my mind to give. But, I wasn’t “all the way” ready to surrender to rescue and allow God to fight my battle. The charges against me were bogus and lacked credible evidence. I was at a point where I desperately needed God to fight this battle for me. “ God, you see what they’re doing to me… get ‘em, Jesus!”ĭon’t laugh, you’ve been there, too? We feel that feeling of entitlement for God’s rescue and recompense for others, but our hearts aren’t exactly in the right place, either – and neither are our mouths. In a way, the volume seems to symbolize the life of the photographer herself, while also acting as a mirror of the era – revealing to us the beauty, or the ephemerality, of the world.Have you ever been looking for a “rich, on-time word” to check someone else and the Word of God smacks you in the face? She has a distinctive career and body of work. As an artist and woman, she has bravely sailed forth through different eras in her own, unique style. ![]() “Hanayo employs a diverse array of different forms of expression – the word “photographer” is inadequate to describe her many talents. Throughout her multidisciplinary career, Hanayo kept on taking photographs, frequently releasing her works in photobooks. Hanayo’s career as a multidisciplinary artist saw her model for Gaultier and adorn the cover of The Face magazine as a musician, she collaborated with many international artist in London, she took part in exhibitions curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist after her move to Berlin in 1999, she worked with film director Christoph Schlingensief. Her fresh, lively style pioneered the “girly photography” style that became popular in Japan in the 1990s. Featuring more than 300 images, “Keep an Eye Shut” provides a comprehensive summary of Hanayo’s past 30 years in photography.Īt the age of 19, when she was training as a geisha, Hanayo began taking photographs using her father’s old camera.
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