Mountain Movers HG

THE BIRTH OF THE WEBSITE  

I have always loved photography and especially photographing sunrises and sunsets. I believe God has something to say to us in this series of pictures. In this first one the sky looked so dark and ominous with the deep red and black intermingled.  I entitled it “The Wrath of God.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

John 3:36 He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Romans 5:8-9 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

The second photo is the same sunset about twenty minutes later. The intense gold and the bright blue sky in the background reminded me of “The Glory of God.”                                                     

Romans 8:30   Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2^nd Corinthians 3:18   But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The only thing that can deliver us from the wrath of God and transform us into the glory of God is “The Cross of Christ.”                                                                                    

After seeing the previous sunset I began praying for a cloud formation in the shape of a cross to complete this series of pictures,but God had a special surprise in store for me.
I have gone to this location many times to photograph the sunrise. I went there in times past expecting another glorious sunrise and on many occasions I had not been disappointed. I never paid much attention to the tree and in fact I always positioned myself so the tree would not be in the picture. On this particular morning I decided to incorporate the tree into the photograph. As I positioned myself to focus on the tree I looked up, and entwined in all the other branches, I saw the cross. It was in its rightful place, because He wants His cross entwined in every branch of our lives.

When I saw the cross I was reminded once again of all He did for us:                                                                                                                                                            Galatians 3:13   Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2^nd Corinthians 5:21   For He has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.                         Isaiah 43:18-19  Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

I didn’t get a cloud formation in the shape of a cross, and that’s OK, because the cross of Christ was something that took place here on earth. He showed me a tree, a simple tree that had been there all along, just waiting for me to focus on it. May our focus forever be on the Christ of the Cross.

The vision for this website is to encourage the saints of God to be all He has created them to be- Mountain Movers, Giant Slayers, More than Conquerors through Him that loves us, none other than Jesus Christ, Our Savior, Our Friend.

Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on earth at 29,029 feet. The Mariana’s Trench is the deepest place on earth at 36,070 feet. Imagine if you will, cutting Everest off at its base and setting it in the Mariana’s Trench. You would still have 7,041 feet of salt water above it, over a mile of salt water. I don’t think it was by chance that Jesus refers to His children in Matthew 5:13 as the “salt” of the earth. I believe He wants us to see ourselves the same way He sees us, as greater than any mountain we face with the indisputable authority in Him to remove any mountain that rises against us (Mark 11:22-24).

When the children of Israel went in to spy out the land of Canaan they saw the giants but they also saw themselves as grasshoppers (Numbers 13:33). God saw them as giant slayers, they saw themselves as some defenseless bug that didn’t have a chance against a giant.

The victorious Christian life is not about what we do for Him (all of our “cans’ and “cant’s”, “do’s” and dont’s”) but what He did for us. When He died on that cross He sealed Satan’s fate for all eternity and set us free to be all He says we are in Him.

Come join me on this journey of discovering who we really are in Christ. By His Grace and for His Glory (HG) we will succeed.