1. Prayer Cloud Over the Sea of Galilee
By Karen Barber
Prayer Igniters International
2. Sea of Galilee Monday Sept. 26, 2011
I was snapping photos of the Sea of Galilee on
Sept. 26, 2011. I’m not photographer. I don’t
even know how to focus a camera! I was using a
Sony Cyber-shot 8.1 mega pixel camera set on
automatic focus.
This shot was taken randomly from inside of a
moving tour bus as we drove around the Sea of
Galilee in Israel nearing Tiberias around noon. I
had been clicking shots because there was a
lovely reflection of the mountains on the distant
shore in the lake that day.
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4. Bad Shots from a Moving Bus
Most of my shots weren’t good because
between the time I clicked and the camera
recorded the shot, the bus would move and
there would be a power pole or some other
flaw to the scene, often even a glare from the
glass of the window.
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8. An Unusual Cloud Around the Curve
As the bus wound around curves we had
different views of the lake. Then I took three
shots that showed an unusual cloud coming
into view.
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12. Pleasing Composition
When I downloaded my photos I really liked
this one because of the colors and
composition. But I didn’t look at the cloud
closely until Oct. 27, 2011 when a friend said
she’d like to see my shots of the mountains
reflected in the Sea of Galilee.
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14. What Do You See in the Cloud?
In order to better see the cloud, I copied it
into a Word Document and cropped it so I
could enlarge the cloud. I don’t know how to
change and enhance photos other than to
enlarge them and change the size, so this
photo has not been enhanced in any way.
When I enlarged the cloud I began to see
interesting details that suggested angels in the
cloud.
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16. Angel with Outstretched Hand
The top blue arrow in the preceding picture
points out the face of an angel with thick curly
hair facing forward. Next to the head on the
left is the left wing. The bottom arrow points
out the angel’s outstretched hand, which is
palm upwards.
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18. Angel Kneeling in Prayer
The arrows in the previous picture show the
figure of a kneeling angel with the back turned.
The arrow on top left points out hands clasped in
front of the head and the forehead of the angel
resting on the praying hands. An arrow on the
right points out the right wing. Arrows on the
bottom indicate the outline of the robe as the
angel kneels. The middle right arrow shows that
within the angel’s robe you can see a very
slight, irregular heart shape.
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20. Moses Resting on a Pillow
Under the arrow in the previous picture is a
small cameo of a face that looks like the great
leader of Israel, Moses who is often pictured
with a long beard. He seems to be lying
peacefully on a pillow.
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22. St. Paul Blinded by the Light
The arrow in the previous picture points out
another cameo face that looks like St. Paul
looking upward toward heaven. He was
blinded by an intense light on the Road to
Damascus. In the light Christ himself appeared
to Paul. Up until this point, Paul had been a
violent opponent of the new Christian
movement and this experience was his
milestone conversion to Christianity.
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24. What Does it Mean?
I don’t know if this is a divine sign, but I do
believe that God can use anything in creation
to help us meditate deeply on the unseen
spiritual realm. My calling is to encourage
Christian prayer and to help others become
closer to God by using creative ways to
mediate and pray. (www.prayerideas.org )
Here’s a meditation that came to me during
my morning prayer time about these strange
and glorious clouds.
25. Meditation on the angels
Because of the praying angel, I saw this as a
message about prayer. The kneeling angel
represents the act of prayer. The angel with the
outstretched hand represents God’s responses in
answer to our prayers. The outstretched hand
might in some cases bring us the things we
request. At other times it might reassure us that
even when our situations don’t change for the
better, God reaches out to us with his comforting
presence when we must go through times of
difficulty.
26. Meditation on Moses and Paul
The cameo appearances of Moses and Paul
represent the Bible. Moses is the great law
giver of the Old Testament and Paul is the
great letter writer of the New Testament.
Specifically, Paul wrote in Romans of how
none of us are able to keep the law of Moses
but how through Grace we are saved by the
death and resurrection of Jesus our Lord in
whom we have new life and become new
creatures.
27. The Heart in the Angel’s Robe
The slight impression of a heart in the angel’s
robe shows the centrality of love in our prayer
relationship with God – both His love for us
and our love for Him. Prayer is about
relationship. Prayer is God’s gift to us as a
means through which we might enjoy His
comforting presence. We invite you to
explore this glorious world of supernatural
wonder via prayer at www.prayerideas.org
28. • He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the
wings of the wind. He makes winds his
messengers, flames of fire his servants. Psalm
104:3,4
• Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea
creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and
hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds, that do his
bidding. Psalm 148:7,8
• Quoted from the New International Version
