By Nick Dalgety
The little honey bee visited me this morning while I was reading The Word. My focus was on Psalm 119 and I will progress a work on this soon.
However, the bee turned my attention to the previous psalm; a dramatic truth for all Mankind at this critical stage in our history. How so? Because he landed beside this verse, displayed above and below:
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! [PSALM 118:26a]
The surrounding verses for Psalm 118 are here. What a blessing. The Messiah to set us free, has come. And He comes in the name of the Lord. He is that corner stone that was rejected by the builders.
He brings prosperity where there is want. He sheds light where there is darkness. So, it is good to bless, praise, exalt, and give thanks to The One who brings us blessing.
As I write in the Red Gallery Cafe, I’ve drawn from the colours around me. This art is a window into nature’s vibrant palette. Something that the humble little bee plays such an important role in creating!
About the Author
Nick Dalgety is a Kiwi born in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. In recent times my wife and I have made Nelson in the top of the South Island home.
My day job involves working with people making a living from land and sea. In my spare time my passion is taking pictures that celebrate what is iconic about Aotearoa New Zealand. Inevitably this involves discovering amazing people, in their special place making and doing what they do best.
When travelling overseas, I often seek out similar experiences. I created Provenance101 to share these experiences.
1: THE GARDEN OF EDEN
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed (GENESIS 2:8). God makes known in the first chapter of Genesis a sweeping account of the creation of the earth, the heavens, plants, animals, birds, fish and ultimately Man. God then turns His attention…
2: MAN TO CULTIVATE
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it (GENESIS 2:15). Right from the start God intended that Man have real purpose in life. Here Man was to cultivate the land and care for the creatures that inhabited the Garden. There is real…
3: NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him” (GENESIS 2:18). Relationships. As a Christian I believe in one God yet three Persons in nature, namely Father, Son and Holy Spirit – a truth revealed overtime in the Bible. Therefore relationship…
4: MAN AND HIS WIFE HID
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden (GENESIS 3:8). Adam and Eve are together for the scripture says they heard the Lord God.…
5: ENMITY BETWEEN THE SEEDS
The Lord God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel” (GENESIS 3:15). Here we witness the greatest calamity of Mankind. Adam and Eve chose to disobey an…