Saturday, June 15, 2013

MEN GONE FISHING



THE SEA OF GALILEE, ISRAEL, June 2007
By Kelvin E. Morales
June 13, 2013
 
Viewing this picture from my first and only trip to Israel brought back peaceful and joyful memories. The one thing that I enjoyed most was how my mind would recall passages of scripture related to the site we were visiting.  

One morning in the city of Tiberias I walked to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee and took this picture of the sun rising over Galilee. I remembered the passage where Yeshua/Jesus called John and Peter to follow him and how they dropped what they were doing and followed him (Mark 1:16-18). Another time after teaching the multitude, Jesus with his disciples crossed the sea of Galilee. While crossing the sea He fell asleep and there came a great storm. His disciples had great fear and thought they would perish. They woke Jesus up and He spoke to the storm and everything grew still and his disciples marveled that He had power over the storm (Mark 4:35-41). On another occasion Peter ask Jesus if he could come to him? Jesus was walking on water (Matthew 14:22-33). All these passages can provoke a great impact in ones life.


The one passage that always has left a strong impression upon me, takes place after Yeshua has risen from the grave. Peter, John and the other disciples return to fishing. One early morning Jesus calls from the Galilean shore and asks them, how’s the fishing? They respond in the negative, and Jesus tells them to cast the net over the other side of their boat and they do, suddenly they have so much fish the nets begin to tear; at that moment Peter recognizes who it is that is standing on the shore line. He simply jumps into the water and swims to shore finding Jesus with breakfast served (John 21:1-25). Peter is standing in front of the one whom he recently denied three times and still the Lord Jesus invites him to follow and serve when He tells him to “feed my sheep“. Total forgiveness!   

Thursday, June 6, 2013

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY #1

ADVENTURES IN PARADISE
June 5, 2013
PUERTO RICO

Hi! I am Kelvin and I am happy that my blog has made it thus far. Yes, it was June 5, 2012 that I started this blog. The picture that you see above of myself was taken in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico by my wife.

 Notice the building in the background it is now an art museum. This part of town is called "Ballajá". The building is called " Cuartel de Ballajá" it was built by the Spaniards to house their militia. After the Spanish-American war in 1898 it became the US Army HQ and military hospital; it now houses the "Museo de las Americas". Here is a link to a short informative video about this building:

El castillo San Felipe del Morro
El Morro viewed from Isla de Cabras
Take another look at the building behind me in the picture above. If you were here and turned left at the corner of that building you would see the entrance to "El Castillo San Felipe del Morro", commonly known by puertoricans as "El Morro".

It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But a picture only gains significance to the person who has had the experience of being there to see it. So what are you waiting for? Come and visit Puerto Rico, there is much to be seen and experience; from historical sites, archaeological sites, local cuisine, beaches, scuba diving, snorkeling, rain forest,the little quaint "Paradores" (hotels) up in the mountains and of course the people. 

There are some things that are better if they tell you about it and there are other things that no matter how much you hear about it or how many pictures you see about it, you will never know until you experience it and that is PUERTO RICO! So stop thinking about coming, just come and enjoy "La Isla del Encanto", Puerto Rico!