DANGER! DANGER!

A prudent man sees danger
and takes refuge,
but the simple keep going
and suffer for it.
~ Proverbs 22

The Narrow Way

But small is the gate
and narrow the road
that leads to LIFE,
and only a few find it.
~ Matthew 7

Daughter Of The Loonies

Then he asked,
"Whose daughter are you?
Please tell me,
is there room in your father's house
for us to spend the night?"
~ Genesis 24

Once Upon A Time In America

The LORD
is my strength
and my song;
he has become
my salvation.
He is my GOD,
and I will praise him,
my father's GOD,
and I will exalt him.
~ Exodus 15

Everybody Got Somethin' To Hide 'Cept For Me & My Monkey

He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.

~ Daniel 2

Karma Police

I will destroy your high places,
cut down your incense altars
and pile your dead bodies
on the lifeless forms of your idols.
I will abhor you.
~ Leviticus 26



This is what you'll get
when you mess with us....

Criminal

As soon as my lord the king
is laid to rest with his fathers,
I and my son Solomon
will be treated as criminals.
~ I Kings I

Escalation

Wisdom shouts in the street;
in the squares she gives forth her voice.
She calls at the head of the noisy streets;
she utters her words
at the entrances of the gates in the city;
How long will you naive ones love naivete,
and the scoffers covet scoffing,
and the fools hate knowledge?
You shall repent because of my reproof;
behold!
I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will let you know my words.
Since I called you and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one listened,
and you have made nothing of all my advice,
and you did not desire my reproof
I, too, will laugh at your calamity,
I will scoff when what you fear comes;
when your fear comes like a storm,
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind;
when trouble and straits come upon you.
Then they will call me, and I will not answer;
they shall seek me, and they shall not find me.
Because they hated knowledge,
and did not choose the fear of the Lord;
they did not desire my advice,
they despised all my reproof-
they will eat of the fruit of their way,
and from their counsels they will be sated,
for the backsliding of the naive shall slay them,
and the tranquility of the fools
shall cause them to perish.
But he who hearkens to me shall dwell confidently
and shall be tranquil from the fear of harm
~ Proverbs 1

Big Lizard In My Backyard

Does he not regard us as foreigners?
Not only has he sold us,
but he has used up what was paid for us.
~ Genesis 31

PUT ME DOWN!

Ride The Tiger

I will send wild animals against you,
and they will rob you of your children,
destroy your cattle
and make you so few in number
that your roads will be deserted.
~ Leviticus 26

A Horse With No Name

original photo by RINGO THE GRINGO

See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up;
do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
~ Isaiah 43

Ringo's Original

I took them (and a bunch more) at a place called Salvation Mountain near The Salton Sea, just down the road from another crazy place called Slab City. Slab City is an encampment of perhaps 100 or more eccentric (and mostly friendly) squatters living in a "city" that they've built out of junk they've found in the desert. It's like Mad Max without the violence. When we were there the temperature was 107, and it often gets hotter than that.

It's a crazy place, Slab City.
~ Ringo

Land of 1,000 Dances

David, wearing a linen ephod,
danced before the LORD with all his might...
~ 2 Samuel 6

To Poets

Solomon's Song of Songs

I have put off my coat;
how shall I put it on?
I have washed my feet;
how shall I defile them?

Falling in Love Again....

And this is love:
that we walk in obedience
to his commands.
As you have heard from the beginning,
his command is that you walk in love.
~ 2 John 1

Dear Boy

Then Judah said
to Israel his father:
Send the boy along with me
and we will go at once,
so that we and you
and our children
may live and not die.
~ Genesis 43

SHOUT!

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you...
I, whom you have redeemed.
~ Psalm 71

But Joshua had commanded the people,
"Do not give a war cry,
do not raise your voices,
do not say a word
until the day I tell you to shout.
Then shout!"
~ Joshua 6



Grasping the torches in their left hands
and holding in their right hands
the trumpets they were to blow,
they shouted,
"A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
~ Judges 7


He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
~ Job 8


He prays to GOD and finds favor with him,
he sees GOD's face and shouts for joy;
he is restored by GOD to his righteous state.
~ Job 33


May those who delight in my vindication
shout for joy and gladness;
may they always say,
"The LORD be exalted,
who delights in the well-being of his servant."
~ Psalm 35

You who bring good tidings to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem,
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
"Here is your GOD!"
~ Isaiah 40

SHOUT

Had to Cry Today...

RIP, COLT...
You were too righteous for this world.



Rejoice in the LORD,
you who are righteous,
and praise his holy name.
~ Psalm 97

Space Truckin'

Original Photo By Ringo The Gringo

I took them (and a bunch more) at a place called Salvation Mountain near The Salton Sea, just down the road from another crazy place called Slab City. Slab City is an encampment of perhaps 100 or more eccentric (and mostly friendly) squatters living in a "city" that they've built out of junk they've found in the desert. It's like Mad Max without the violence. When we were there the temperature was 107, and it often gets hotter than that.

It's a crazy place, Slab City.
~ Ringo

Joshua 21 - Towns for the Levites

So the LORD gave Israel all the land
he had sworn to give their forefathers,
and they took possession of it...
and they settled there.
The LORD gave them rest on every side,
just as he had sworn to their forefathers.
Not one of their enemies withstood them;
the LORD handed all their enemies over to them.
Not one of all the LORD's good promises
to the house of Israel failed;
every one was fulfilled.

Ringo's Original

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

For Mikaelos, The Leper of Billerica

James, The Brother of Jesus

The brother in humble circumstances
ought to take pride in his high position
~ James 1



Nazarenes and Ebionites

THE BOOK OF JAMES