~ Sunrise ~

"There was never a night
or a problem
that could defeat sunrise
or hope." -Bern Williams

The glowing miracle of

a new day ...

a day to be filled with

thousands of seconds

intertwined with daily rythmn and

spinning of earth,

wrapped up in all encompassing - everything that makes ones

life tick ...

I stop and am still.  Breathe deep the essence of

Hope ...

Hoping to make this day, right once again with yet, another living chance

with whatever it was from the day before,

that I did or didn't do.  Say or didn't say.

Forgive and ask to be forgiven.

Love and be loved.

This gilded moment of being drenched in

divine illuminating gold,

fills me with His love.  And His hope once again.

Ahhhh ... sunrise.  Eyes bathed in beauty all around.

Heart-soul, filled with heaven's embrace.

Hope.

"And he shall be as the light of the morning,

when the sun riseth,

even a morning without clouds;

as the tender grass springing out of the earth

by clear shining after rain."

-2 Samuel 23:3



~ Turn ~

Interesting
how little things
speak louder, more powerful than
bigger things visible.

How the smallest phrase or
word
can pierce heart-soul right through
as if God Himself spoke it - standing right next to you.

How, through life challenges - struggles - chaos - and trials,
in this spinning world,
a message finds you unexpectedly -  and stops you awe-still ...
interweaving through fiber being and
finding heart,
it whisper speaks ... penetrating:

























I read it again ...
"TURN TO CLEAR VISION."

I ponder this message just for me, in this moment of my life -
swirling
within my mind, what it really means.  Not just surface - but forever deep.

Aren't there times in life, where our vision needs to be cleared?  That when we are in the depths of
life-stuff,
how easy it is to see the stuff, and not what is truly important?

Turn is an action.  I see now what I have not been doing lately.  Not turning daily.
Turning to Him.

And I know when I do turn - my vision becomes clear, and my eyes see. 
See what is most important right before me every second of the day. 
See Him. 
Even amidst all the stuff.


"Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth."
-Colassians 3:2



Oceanside Beach Pier binocular lookout

~ To Be Lead and Held ~

"Something of God…flows into us from the blue of the sky,

the taste of honey,

the delicious embrace of water….”

~ C.S. Lewis

"If I take the wings of the morning,

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Even there shall thy hand lead me,

and thy right hand shall hold me."

Psalms 139: 9-10

Oceanside Beach, CA

Morning sun, awakening ocean's masterpieces
and sunset drenching the world with gold.

7-1-2011

~ What Is Powerful? ~

"For the word of God is
quick, and powerful,   

and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow,   

and is a
discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart."
Hebrews 4:12

~ The Writing on the Wall ~

Words written
are simply that - written -
if not
lived by the word.

Words wrapped in skin
with heart and soul intertwined,
become real. Authentic. Daily summoning in living.
A challenge in the mess and chaos
of life's ongoing battle of
another chance to make it right -
today.

It has been said that some words are
mightier than the sword.

I believe it. 

Words trigger emotion, within
the very depths of being -
awakening soul, realizing at that very moment
it was asleep. Black abyss hibernation.

Powerful words.  A discovery within innermost fiber for me.
Eyes read.  Heart surges.  Action to live.
I try my best to live them.
Most days I fall hard.  

I see the writing on the wall - the very walls within home.
Those words mirrored in retina at every turn,
constant reminder to live by.
I pick myself back up again and desire to try.

Giving up makes for a
lost, wandering soul.  Aimlessly living.  Empty life meaning.

The writing on the wall reads frozen there.  A Beacon for my sometimes weary soul.
It is I, who must daily melt the words
and live them real.
Words from my lips.  Do I live the words I speak?
Words that proclaim: "I believe.  I know.  I trust.  I love.  I'm sorry.
I forgive you.  I promise. I speak truth.  Not my will - but thine."
Hypocrisy is a sin.  And I am a hypocrite if the words
aren't heart-lived.  Breathed honest.  Real..
Within and then without.

Example.
Powerful word.  Powerful action.
I pray hard, hands clasped tight to succeed.

Words written on skin-thin pages
communicate deep for me to
live-real ...
His words.  His love.  His example.

I persist conscience to prevail - daily -
the eternal perspective words. Salvation words.
To abide in them a dwelling place
within soul-depth and life breath.

Words powerful enough
to bring forth Light. His Light.
This is my heart desire ... daily conquering darkness into
Light,
by the power of His word.

In my constant existence of breathing the breath He gives,
I will live the Words.


"In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
And the Light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not."
-John 1: 1,5

"Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God."
-Matthew 4:4

~ Joy ~

"Joy is not the absence of suffering.



It is the presence of God."
-Robert Schuller

. . .  and His presence is everywhere . . .

"...All things denote there is a God;

yea even the earth, and all things that are upon

the face of it,

and its motion, and also all the planets which move

in their regular form do witness that there is a

Supreme Creator."

-Alma 30:44

~ Heaven's pallete sunset at Oceanside, CA  Malia jumping 8-4-2011

Where Heaven and earth meet ...

Various locations in Temecula - rolling meadows, early spring flower, moonlight in front yard, golden hour in home,

and Trestles beach, CA footprints in sand ~