Saturday, February 19, 2011

A Picture a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Okay! So to start this off:  Something a little late for Valentine's day and to honor amazing men who (although commercialism forces them to do so) get ahold of the good stuff to give to their ladies. :)






And now for something a little less delicious:

Since allllll the photographers are doing it! I hopped right along and joined the Project 365 train.  Or, it was more like I thought it was my own, original, brilliant idea, and it turns out millions have been doing since before I was 3.  But big thanks to Sonja Langford (abygonetime.blogspot.com/) for giving me the nice, little push I needed to just do it!

So it has been one month! Here's a couple of the pictures and their sentences (not onnnnly was it challenging enough to take one picture per day, no matter where I am! but, some people thought it in need of further hard work... so everyday a sentence goes along with the picture. No judging!)

A life lived in light blooms the brightest.

Life is loved in all languages.

Life rocks my socks off.

1 ball + 10 pins = challenge.

Today, I took a _______.

Oh, I LOVE the rain!

My tears seem to have fallen on the outside, blurring the light and blurring the hope.

Life can make me smile.

If flowers were moments, good AND bad, I'd pick every one of them!

Just play thnexchordcause thresare unpredictable.

Don't stop playing dude!


^I think that last one is my inspiration to go onto the next round and take the next 31 pictures!

Well, this post has been:

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Challenge

Today, I feel challenged.
Challenged to not worry about the rest of today.
Challenged to live the lifestyle God has given me.
Challenged to be willing to trim my hair with faith that it will keep growing after that.
Challenged to live and share my story.
Challenged to every day be a better photographer than I was the day before.
Challenged to be willing to hurt.
Challenged to speak truth, and nothing but the truth.
Challenged to meet challenge with a smile on my face.

Maybe it is because my brother is home and he is the epitome of challenge or maybe it is the new year, but (no maybes included) I do know, it is God who is challenging me.
And the funny thing is, God is the one challenging me, yet, ultimately, it is only Him that will have the ability to face that challenge (and with gusto)!! But, I am glad to not be facing big, scary challenges all on my own.  In fact, it is comforting that God is holding me in His hands while He presents these challenges.  It is actually really cool and gets my adrenaline rushing!

Somedays I feel like this:



And other days its more like:


Then sometimes I talk to God kind of like this:


Aaand a lot of days life is like this:



But I always want to be like this:


Strong, vibrant, sturdy. Never willing to leave God's hand.


Also, I'm excited to get to see this out of my window at 2 in the morning: