blitz trips.2

As promised ... some visuals from me and my Dad's rendezvous in NYC!!

pic pix: NYC memoirs, New York, NY Sept.2010

look up to

Who or what do YOU look up to?!

"...follow me...", Jesus

John 21:19 

pic pix: avid fan of the Liberty Lady herself, Liberty Island, NY 19-Sept-10

roughed out

I looked at this bark and thought, "Is this how it was intended to be?" ...  a beauty mark, perhaps, explaining just that?

As Matt was fishing the other Saturday, I was poking around the Highwood River, trying to cocoon every color my eye could see into my camera's viewfinder.  Were the colors ever delicious!  While taking in as much as I could with the morning's light, the word "intent" answered as a whisper, replying to my thoughts...

why do the beautiful colored leaves need to fall so soon?

that is what God intended ...

is there a point to little pimple-like bumps on a log?

maybe we'll never know ... but they were intentionally put there, quite possibly to be intrigued about!

how can plants grow IN these rocks?

 it was intended that they were to grow, so growth is what the Creator allowed ...

There is intention with every creation, down to the minute details of one insect grabbing pollen from a flower so that flower may reproduce itself.  We can be awe-struck just watching "it" all happen.  When it comes time to looking at ourselves in the mirror and seeing 'creation', it can be difficult ... realizing God's intention for placing us where He has.  Yet, when witnessing such beautiful moments, I remember and relish His promises, His goodness, and anticipate what is yet to be attained as I follow Him in faith.

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me ...your love, O Lord, endures forever - 

do not abandon the work of your hands. 

 Psalm 138:8

pic pix: eye "relishes", Highwood River, AB, Sept-10

blitz trips

Had some prime moments these past few days ... from one end of the USA to the next.  5 days later, 5 states covered, 3 time zones travelled in, and 8 flights in total, I had quite the experience!  


Blitz Trip #1
Went on a two-night excursion to Santa Ana, New Mexico with my mom, aunt, & sister.  There, we golfed a 'bit', took in some rays, ate, ate, and ate, did many-a-puzzles (our family loves crosswords/sudokus/you name it!), s'mored-it-up under the stars ... just enjoyed our surroundings.

Hyatt Tamaya brand

Sisters ....

... Sisters!

gotta love that sky!

As for blitz trip #2 ... pictures coming!

pic pix: all shots taken awhile our stay at the Tamaya Hyatt, 18.Sept.2010

layers

As I'm going through some big changes right now (never have I not had a job working crazy hours, I now am working on creating an actual Sarah-schedule ... ), there are alot of "peel-backs" I am experiencing.

Like any time of a deepened evaluation and inventory of 'life', I'm dealin with taking some and losing some.  No, not all inconsistency is bad, but nor is all mellowness good.  I almost feel like I am cleaning out my fridge ... only wanting to keep the freshest of items and ones I will actually use to create something.  Others could probably relate more to 'purging' (for some reason, I don't have as much fun throwing away as I do for re-using items for alternative purposes!), maybe even a cleansing ... I see it all the same ... we're all given continuous opportunities to start afresh, clear our palette, blank our slates.

Yet, much like this wall painted over many times, through many years, with many more stories that I could not even begin to compare to my own to, there is always a tinge of color left behind.  A reminder of a lesson, a cherished smile, tears that were never seen, joy that still beams.  Change can be good ... colorful really.



pic pix: a 'composed' story on a building wall in Inglewood, Calgary, AB 

some sites seen in sfo

Here's a little "taste" of our fast-blast down to San Francisco last Saturday ...

...M'love ... ready to eat that seafood he loves...

...top of Lombard Street ... sfo's crookedest street...

...the bridge was so foggy ... you could not see the top from shore...

pic pix: details of the loveliest of foggy days, SFO, CA 04.Sept.2010

enough of this

My last few months have been tiring, deciding, and revealing.  Priority is an attribute I am wanting to execute with each given breath I am granted.  Taking an inventory of what I have prioritized, I've realized that alot of my waking moments have been filled with work; thus resulting in my tiredness.  Becoming conscious of that, I have been deciding what I want to put first and how I can do that.  And even though it's been a seemingly "walk down loose rock" feeling, daily, I am still gaining fresh perspective ... pure revelation.  


Within this period, I've realized that I don't take enough time to even know what I want to prioritize within my desires!  My God, my Love, my family, my friends have walked by me patiently ... to them I want to be able to show the primacy they hold.  Time for uninterrupted creativity, the release of my thoughts to written word, physical health and rest ... components that can be bi-products of placing things first as I walk through this priority corridor.

That being said, and out in the open, I have decided to make a step in that direction today.  Tomorrow, I am going to quit my airline job.  I've been there 3 years, loved most moments of it (!), and am already having separation issues!!  Mainly the benefits and family of co-workers will be my major losses; evenings and weekends free, proper sleep and consistency of routine will be some of my major gains.  As any comfortable situation is hard to move away from, I know that leaving there will serve as another passageway to finding this "priority" puzzle I am figuring out.

Isn't priority what influences how you spend your day?  How do you spend your days?  What do you place at high value enough to be apart of your daily routine?  


pic pix: Chester Lake, AB, 14.Aug.2010