Camera, Water and Creativity

This week I got my new video camera, it's the Kodak PlaySport. I've been thinking about getting a video camera for some time now, so when I came across this little camera that had the features I wanted and a price I could afford, I then decided to buy it.

I've been using the camera for a couple of days now, and I have to say I'm very pleased with it. It's very handy and easy to use, I especially like the fact that it can go up to three meters underwater. The video quality is also very good in my opinion, especially for a small and relatively cheap camera like this.



So here's my first edited video that I filmed with the camera. It's a very short video consisting of four different clips that I had originally no intention of combining like this. There's no specific message in the video, It's just a creative blend of the clips to form a unified flow. I hope you enjoy it.

Now about creativity, here's a good quote from Francis Schaeffer: "Being in the image of the Creator, we are called upon to have creativity. We never find an aniamal, non-man, making a work of art. On the other hand, we never find men anywhere in the world or in any culture in the world who do not produce art. Creativity is a part of the distinction between man and non-man. All people are to some degree creative. Creativity is intrinsic to our mannishness." (Francis A. Schaeffer, Art And the Bible, pages 51, 52).

So we are creative creatures that have been created by a creative Creator. Therefore we should be creative and reflect the nature of our Creator who created us in His image.

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27, ESV)

Airplane View and Grace

Here's some photos that I took from the airplane while flying from Helsinki to Copenhagen. When I travel by airplane and get to watch out from the window and see humans down on earth smaller than a speck of dust, it makes me think about this verse in the Bible:

"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?" (Psalm 8:3-4, ESV)

That thought produces in me thankfulness and praise to God for his lovingkindness toward me. He created me and gave me life, but I have still rebelled against Him and broken His laws and trusted in my own goodness rather than His righteousness. God would have been just to punish me for my sins, the only thing I really deserve is death and eternal condemnation in hell. But still He sent His Son to live a perfect life and to die on the cross taking my punishment upon Himself. He saved me even though I don't deserve it. He loves me even though I don't deserve it. He cares for me even though I don't deserve it. It's all because of His grace toward me in Christ Jesus my Lord and Savior.

I hope these photos can communicate something of that feeling of how small we are as creatures and how great our Creator is, He who created us and upholds the universe by the word of his power. (Hebrews 1:3, ESV)

A New Start for This Blog

I've now decided to start writing and updating this blog more often. I'll try to update it at least once a week and hopefully even more often. The reason for this came from a conversation that I had today with a good friend of mine when he talked about his plan to start blogging and also explained some of his reasons to do so. We talked about it for a while and he then encouraged me also to start writing on my blog. So here I am writing my first "real" blog post, since before I have just posted photos and links and not really any writing of my own.

The main reason that I'll try to start writing more on this blog is that I want to learn to express myself better through writing. I also think it will help me to grow in other ways, when I write my thoughts down on paper (or I guess "up on the screen" would be a better way to say it nowadays).

Colossians 3:2-3

"Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God."
(Colossians 3:2-3, ESV)

God's Grace

"Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond the reach of God's grace.
And your best days are never so good
that you are beyond the need of God's grace."
Jerry Bridges

Filippiläiskirje 4:4

"Iloitkaa aina Herrassa!
Vieläkin minä sanon: iloitkaa!"
(Filippiläiskirje 4:4)

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