There are still beautiful things in this world. Here are photos of a few of them Sandi and I took on our recent 25th anniversary cruise to the Mexican Riviera. I never cease being overwhelmed in awe and joy and the splendors of YHVH Elohim’s creation.
A humpback whale spouting
Try to ignore my feet and focus on the real beauty beyond!
And the best of all…Sandi, my lovely bride and gift of heaven of 25 years!
After sailing into Puerto Vallarta, we took a boat to a small resort called Las Caletas. The photos below will explain better than any words this idyllic spot. I’ve never been to anyplace like this before. It’d be a great place to get shipwrecked to! All I would ask is that I have a camera, my Bible and maybe something to write on, so I can write psalms of praise to YHVH Elohim. On the cruise back to L.A., I wrote my latest psalm called the Psalm of the Sea on Shabbat, while sailing north off the coast of Baja California. Maybe I’ll share my poetic psalm with you?
This is where I snorkeled and photographed tropical fish. The undersea beauty is just as beautiful as that of the land. I am perpetually in awe of YHVH’s creation wherever I go and whatever I see!
This fish had blue iridescent spots that glowed.
Though not very colorful, this was the most bizarre fish of all that I saw.
Sandi snapped this photo of me back on the ship. Yes, I’m reading my daily Scripture reading on my iPad! You can actually see the Hoshana Rabbah printed reading schedule underneath the iPad in my lap.
Sandi took this photo at a sidewalk cafe in Mazatlan. She needed to use the ladies room, and the price to do so was to purchase something to eat. Here I am with the national drink of Mexico. You won’t believe the restrooms in Mexico! You have to search far and wide for a half-clean one that actually functions! I still have a sore spot and bump on my head from one a visited. In another, I had to put my plumbing skills to work by reaching into the toilet tank to manually work the flapper so it would flush. Oy vey!
The Ruby Princess at Puerto Vallarta
Sandi with her new boyfriend at Las Caletas.
Pink flamingos at Las Caletas.
Natan admiring the pink flamingos at Las Caletas.
Two humpback whales diving at Cabo San Lucas.
A new cruise drink: “seals on the rocks” at Cabo San Lucas.
Seal on a rock at Cabo San Lucas.
A pelican begging for food from a fisherman at Cabo San Lucas.
A pelican begging for food at Cabo San Lucas
A twofer: a seal hitching a ride and getting lunch at the same time.
A seal and pelicans on public assistance at Cabo San Lucas.
Stay tuned for some underwater exotic fish pics I took while snorkeling.
I’ve been gone but now I’m back. Sandi and I just got back from our 25th anniversary cruise ship trip to the west Mexican Riviera (on the west coast of Mexico). We left a week ago Sunday and arrived back home yesterday (Sunday) evening.
Now it’s time to get back to work including catching up on your comments.
Here are several photos.
Love and blessings to everyone who’s part of this blog!
Shabbat shalom to all the many brothers and sisters in Yeshua scattered across this earth who read this blog in about 120 nations each month! May your Sabbath be filled with the love, joy and peace of Yeshua the Messiah through the Comforter that surpasses all understanding!
No matter how tough things are going for you, take a moment to count your blessings and give a prayer of thanks to the Almighty Creator who made you in his image, and loved you so much that he sent Yeshua to die for your sins that you might have eternal life with him forever. Find the blessing in everything that happens no matter how difficult or trying the circumstances. Through Yeshua, you have the victory now and forever. Never forget that.
Here are a few photos I took last Shabbat on the Oregon coast at a place called Cape Kiwanda at Pacific City. We were having an elders weekend retreat, and in between our meetings, the rain stopped and Dr. Joseph Dombek, my associate pastor, and I went for little walk along the beach.
I wonder why Oregon has been the number one state in the U.S. that people are moving to for the last three years?
Enjoy the photos:
This weekend, my wife Sandi and I along with two of the elders of our local congregation (Dr. Joseph and Heidi Dombek, Congregation Elim of Tigard, Oregon — http://www.hoshanarabbah.org/elim.html), vacated to the world class Oregon coast (about two hours away from our homes) for a quick leaders planning session. There we discussed issues, plans, visions and goals relating to our congregation and Hoshana Rabbah (http://www.hoshanarabbah.org), which is the outreach arm of our ministry.
I took these photos (with my iPhone) from the front yard of the rented house, and from the bay below. The Pacific Ocean is out in the distance beyond the bay. Enjoy!
How about a dose of reality in the face of political propaganda and reassuring babble from our so-called leaders?!
Bottom line: This nation needs a spiritual revival from top to bottom and vice versa. It’s our only hope. Until then, we’re destined only to receive more of the same. It’s called judgment!
Franklin Graham is right when the other day he stated that America’s problem is moral and spiritual sickness, and that only repentance from sin will cause the situation to improve.