Claude Monet, Charing Cross bridge, La Tamise, 1903. | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

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Sometimes God parts the Red Sea and sometimes he will lift a bridge to make a path for you to get through. What is one persons bridge can become another persons obstacle. The point is that God will always make a way for you to get to where he wants to take you. If you become too fixated on the method or path you will miss the wonder of Gods ability to make a way where there seems to be no way. The very bridge you once built may not be the same bridge that will take you to your destiny. We often

Imagine this: low grey cloud over the Thames, rain needling sideways. I’m on a South Bank balcony looking straight at the London Eye, Westminster Bridge, Elizabeth Tower in the wash of the river light. A tight funnel spins up along the water and starts chewing towards Parliament. Bus brakes hiss, a Thames Clipper bleats, someone on a nearby balcony shouts “you alright?!” I fumble the zoom, autofocus breathes, my thumb smears the lens. Pub umbrellas rip loose, scaffold sheeting and roof slates li

4K views · 129 reactions | Anna Lapwood spontaneously stopped off at the London Bridge station organ to play a couple of pieces for the Queen: “This was so moving… This lovely security guard, Marcella, asked if I could play Lascia ch'io pianga. Turns out she trained as a singer!” | History of Music | Facebook

🎨 The National Trust's only Monet is getting a facelift at The Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studio. "Pont de Londres (Charing Cross Bridge, London)", 1902, was painted by Claude Monet from his rooms at the Savoy Hotel. It usually hangs at nearbyChartwell NT, having been gifted to Sir Winston Churchill for his 75th birthday. Now, in Churchill's 150th birthday year, its true colours will be expertly revealed by one of our specialist conservators in the Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studi