Awe & Wonder Rainbows

     Life is so much more fun with awe and wonder.
Photo Credit: David Whitlow Photography

     I realized today that I love to get excited about the littlest things. It was sort of one of those things ingrained in me from when I was a child. If I broke something, my mother would stay absolutely calm. "They're just things."

     And when I learned to read or picked out my own clothes (Beginning at the age 5, my taste was eclectic to the say the least), she would practically throw a party. But almost always she would smile, or laugh, or dance.

     And now I do the same. Over the littlest things.

     Don't lose your awe and wonder.

     Don't let your awe and wonder become wrapped up in things..."They're just things."

     I guess, I just wanted to encourage you today. I felt like you may have spent some time weeping. But I wanted to let you know that you possess the ingredients of magic, of awe and wonder.

     Don't just recall the "Good ol' days". But know that your best days are truly ahead. And they will be Full of awe and wonder.



Wisdom's Knocking:

After the rain comes the beauty of the rainbow.


Fotografía


     To my artist friends and future artist friends:

    I love showcasing the beautiful artistic work of folks that I know. If you haven't noticed already, this blog has begun to incorporate photography from amazing friends of mine: Lindsay Coleman, David Whitlow, Chris Molitor, and Yajaira Reynolds to name a few.

     If you have photography that you'd like to share with me and the world. Let me know. I'd love to include your expression in my blog post in the near future.


Wisdom's Knocking:

The way your eyes see, is valuable to me. 





Bye...OK...Bye...



     OK, you know how greatly I dislike talking on the phone. It's just awkward and a bit painful for me. But I can fake my way through a decent conversation. Note: If I've ever talked with you on the phone, I have a deep love for you. I just need you to know that.

     But what adds to the awkward event of talking on the phone, at least for me, is when people don't know how to close the deal.

     You know, those people that don't know how to end a phone conversation, so you spend about 30 seconds preparing for the round up, and then another 30 seconds of "OK, Bye...Yeah...OK... (Overlapping one another as you both almost say the same things, but out of rhythm) Well...OK...Yeah, Bye..."

     Today, I think I just hung up on someone as they were hitting that third "OK". I just couldn't take it anymore. And I decided to put us both out of our misery.

Wisdom's Knocking:

Timing is everything.



Know What You Right



     I had this fun play on words last week, in a post titled, "Right What You Know". And no, I didn't misspell the word "Right". I was going for something evocative. Not quite sure if it actually worked. Ha.

     But I wanted to briefly revisit this fun topic of "Our Choices" and what we choose to believe. Or more specifically, what we choose to say "No" or "Yes" to.

     This blog thought, once again stems out of my own current life predicaments. To give you a bit more context, and to get you a bit more invested in what I have to say, I'll share a bit of this "context":

     I was in the midst of having a crush on a particular individual. He had no intentions towards me other than friendship, at least from what I could gather. But while I'm crushing hard on Guy #1, another guy, yes, Guy #2, swiftly rolls up on the scene and begins to pursue me a bit. But I had no romantic interest towards Guy #2 at all, my eyes were steady on Guy #1.

     Guy #1 was still my "Yes". Guy #2 was clearly my "No". I spent a bit of time in prayer asking God about Guy #1 and our possible future together, but never felt complete peace about it.

     And in prayer, my heart began to soften towards Guy #2, in a real way. I SO resisted at first. For real. But before I knew it, in prayer, bearing my heart before the Lord, Guy #2 became my "Yes."

     God, you're so wonderfully sneaky.

     How much of our beliefs are grounded within the context of our own limited experience and/or what we've previously lived through. Even more so, how much of our "Yes's" and our "No's" spring up out of us because of fear.

     I'm not advocating that we become a people where are words mean nothing. I want my "Yes to be Yes" and my "No to be No". But I am advocating growth and maturity, grounded in humility.

     I want to be rooted and grounded in true love and faith.

     God: I know that Your ways are Higher than our ways. Continue to align me with what You see as Right and True and Yes.


Wisdom's Knocking:

Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you Shall find. Knock, and the door Will be Opened to you." - Jesus


Tender Mercies


Photo Credit: Nicole LeBoeuf

     I am experiencing a personal revival of sorts. It feels lovely. And the more I make myself vulnerable in the context of this personal revival, I feel full of life and peace.

    Do you have those days, when you can feel people praying for you? To some of you, that may sound like absolute Sci-Fi craziness, but it's not a foreign concept to everyone.

     I get into these seasons of life, where I become very aware that I am not able to carry the burden of expectations, dreams, desires, etc. all on my own. And it's as if a gust of wind blows the heaviness of my own thoughts away. It's grace in true operation.

     I can feel the prayers of loved ones over my life. Especially today.

     It's also amzing to me, that we will most likely never meet all the people that have taken the time to lift burdens off of us through the power of prayer. I have no doubt that someone is praying for you today, with a love and passion straight from heaven.

Wisdom's Knocking:

Prayer changes things.