365 Project 2011

365 Project Day 64: Reflection

March 6, 2011

Upside Down Kingdom

Canon 5D  Mark ll, 100mm 2.8 macro, 3.2 aperture, 1/60 shutter/ 320 ISO

I love how the one raindrop  on this Daffodil is reflecting a  whole field of flowers in the near distance. One perfect raindrop telling a much bigger story. The small is revealing the great.

This is the beauty of the upside down Kingdom, where the least shall be the greatest, the first will be the last and last will be first, the little child is held in honor, the weak are made strong, and the servant becomes the master. Where faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains, a widow’s two coins are greater than the rich man’s gift, where laying down your life is where you begin to live it, and where a great King bends to wash the feet of those He loves.

Upside down. Can you see it?

Luke 18:16~ “But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

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12 Comments

  • Reply Alyson Roth March 6, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Great macro work!!!

  • Reply Annie March 6, 2011 at 1:27 am

    I love the way you name the pictures. I think it’s my favorite part. Like “Cherished”… I wouldn’t have been caught up in it so deeply without that one word to say the whole story somehow.

    Love you.

  • Reply cmo March 6, 2011 at 6:11 am

    Power thoughts and well written and the images really do tell the story. #amazinglywelldone

  • Reply Courtney Robbins March 6, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Beautifully captured, beautifully stated. The small really does always reveal the great. Love that line. So true.
    Much love- CLR

    • Reply maryanne March 6, 2011 at 10:48 am

      Thank you, Courtney. It means much to me that you read my blog. Love you too.

  • Reply Karen March 6, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    Amazing post…..just amazing….

  • Reply Amy March 6, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Mary Anne, You inspire me. End of story. Oh wait, I want to be like you when I grow up. 😉

  • Reply Brandy March 7, 2011 at 10:57 am

    These images are so wonderful! I love them. My roommate says it is amazing what you “see”. The emphasis on that word speaks so much. A world within a drop, a word, a picture.

    • Reply maryanne March 9, 2011 at 11:41 am

      Thank you, Brandy. I think you are amazing.:)

  • Reply Kiran March 9, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    I never thought I would fall in love with shooting flowers…until I saw these pictures. Simple spectacular! You are a gift in my life.

    • Reply maryanne March 10, 2011 at 1:11 am

      Kiran,
      I am so honored that you would say that! Would love to see your photography sometime.:)

  • Reply 365 Project Day 192: What the Rain Brings | Mary Anne Morgan Blog July 12, 2011 at 1:43 am

    […] earth. My heart flutters. There! And there again! Each drop is like a tiny mirror, reflecting the upside down Kingdom, where a great King comes to serve, and being the greatest means loving the […]

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