Deo Volente: The Wonders of His Hands

Alvin Slaughter's "The Wonders of His Hands"
in tandem with DeRachel's 4-part cloud pictorial

      I love road trips to Tulsa. That is the setting, in November 2012, when this venturesome, amateur photographer, riding as a passenger traveling 70 mph, captured this 4-part sequence of a fiery red cloud formation (displayed in the video above and below). How could my inexpensive camera ever adequately capture nature's brilliance?

      After months of musing at the shots and even framing them, they uncannily seemed to "speak" to me, portraying Alvin Slaughter's vintage song, The Wonders of His Hands. Thinking about God's creative wonders is a powerful way for worries and cares to disappear, for a time anyway: "...two things have I heard: that you, O God are strong, and that you, O Lord are loving” (Ps 62:11-12).

I need these pictures, to visually remind me of God's strength and the Lord's love.

     Caution: This "Behind-the-Scenes" paragraph contains bonus details, as well as left-field, over-the-edge, ethereal extras. Proceed... with care: At a conference that I helped organize, Alvin was a featured singer. I briefly met and shook hands with the larger-than-life, smiling, gifted singer. Oh, to have a shot of that late '98 encounter. Just last week I finally found my months-hidden CD and nostalgically listened to THE song. That is when He stepped in. God through his Spirit broke through time and space, and I distinctly saw His hand portrayed in my framed shots. He powerfully and unexpectedly seemed to touch and inspire me... (the jury is still out regarding that matter). Creative thought-parallels waylaid me. "My clouds" contained a barrage of phantom silhouettes, with The Wonders of His Hands lyric markers (for example, I see a large hand in each picture; and in picture 3, there is a small cross on the hill, and I see in the cloud formation a hand holding an indistinct broken heart).

     Enlargements are supplied below for further contemplation to enhance the listeners' pictorial music experience.