Beauty ARISE!

All I held was ashes....
blowing in the wind.
YAH (God) said I'll take those ashes


BEAUTY ARISE!

The truth is that some losses are for your personal good.

The beauty that has become from the ashes....
Breathtaking.
Because what Yah brings, radiates unfathomable beauty.
THANK YOU Lord for every intimate moment in your presence!!
You amaze me.

I'm NOT LETTING GO!

and sometimes its good to NOT LET GO!

oh no I want to let go of my SELF, the frustration, anger, any seed of bitterness, immaturity

BUT. I. WILL. NOT. LET. GO. OF. THE. PROMISES!!

STOP cursing your crisis!
YOUR chaos
YOUR challenges
WELCOME THEM!
Yes I said that-
oh I know you will not like that
cause I SURE don't!!
It really isn't my idea either. LOL
I don't think I'd quite do it this way,
so its a GOOD THING I'm not in charge
cause ITS WORTH it,
YES your crisis can have WORTH!
If you can relate to me,
then your probably thinking wellllll
not this ONE THING (you can insert your sitiuation here),
_THIS_ its horrible,
its disgusting, its heartbreaking, its absolutely of NO WORTH
I can't believe I have to walk through this
or maybe you haven't even walked through it yet
your still crawling, or maybe your even STUCK
or you just don't have the strength to even lift your head
let alone pick up your feet
I'VE BEEN THERE TOO,
and recently! so i KNOW its not easy
but if you understand a few things

You ARE NOT ALONE (even though it may feel like it and you can look around and say it LOOKS like it too)
GOD (YAH) DOES NOT PUNISH YOU.
HE IS NOT PUNISHING YOU WITH YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
HE DID NOT CAUSE THEM EITHER.
THERE IS A WAY THROUGH, not a way OUT
and......
if YOU allow
yes YOU are the keyholder
NO MATTER the circumstance
i mean NO MATTER the circumstance
yes even THAT
if YOU allow
your inner (wo)man,
take the key and unlock it-
and embrace that THING,
yes RUN right smack INTO IT
the PAIN
the demand
the loss
the circumstance
face the FEAR
be completely broken,
yep it requires complete brokenness
(i know i didn't want to go THERE!)
it requires vulenarbility
it requires humbleness
it requires letting GO of self
over and over again,
uh huh that self thing is hard
to let go of
but once you DO
A M A Z I N G
and it asks you to
SEEK God (Yah),
and accept deliverance (Yeshua).

Yeah, those last two might be hard
really hard
especially if you don't know the
TRUE beauty of them.

When you encounter and i mean
TRUELY encounter
each of them,
you will NEVER
ever
EVER
BE THE SAME.

AND YOU SHALL NOT BE MOVED!



NEVER LET GO OF A PROMISE
no matter what it costs you
please take what wisdom my experiences
have taught me
and let them encourage
and empower you
just as it has me.
YOU WILL NOT BE MOVED.

be a prisoner of hope

Redeeming Love

In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood. Dante


A few days ago I devoured an almost 500 page novel. From the first few pages it captivated my attention. If your an avid fictional reading this may be your norm, unfortunately I am not. I also don't read romantic period literature much, so when I picked up the book I was hesitant. I really didn't think it would captivate me like it did. Interestingly I found myself wrapped up in curiosity. I tried several times to walk away from the book, but I was so drawn that I only took bathroom breaks! Now the storyline is one I'm familiar with, you may be too if you've ever read the book of Hosea. I actually have questioned quite often, could I ever do such a task as what was asked of Hosea? My answer always has been I don't think so, at least not without the Truth of Love....and now through my own circumstances I have come to understand the enduring strength, that Love asks of us. It does not quit, and it does NOT fail, EVER. The rewards are so worth it. If anything can redeem, it is only Love in the purest form. Beware though, it will ask you to give up yourself. Although what you exchange it for,will be an overwhelming faithful Love that you can not compare to anything this side of heaven.

Following the sky

A new city.
its called Kansas.
This road has lead me to JOY!!
complete utter transformation
and a FREEDOM that is
invigorating!!

Finding the lines of the sky
and following it.

bayou chicot, LA

My sweet art pal that I've been staying with took some cool photos of us.

WOW, inspiration from within!

I had not realized its been so long since I've posted here. As I came to post the photo here below, I reread my November post. WOW-what inspiring words! Obviously inspired by the Divine and not my own! LOL Well now, so much has happened in the last few months that I don't even know where to begin...besides the fact that we now LIVE on the road,i guess I'll just link you to the where I am now. I have so much to catch ya'll up on, but oh so little time to sit here.




I'm currently in central Louisiana, with the most beautiful art girl and yesterday we took a trip down in the swamplands and to visit her mother in law, who btw just happened to be the cutest southern mama. We took a walk outside her home and just before I hit the door, I was already inspired by her moon and sun windchime which I quickly snapped a photo of as it became my new wallpaper for my phone. From there I ran into some beautiful red fallen flowers admist the surrounding dreary brown grass and grey day....one went in the side of my hair and the rest is in pictures. WARNING You'll may be seeing flowers for a little bit.



Now off to get creative in Carla's studio!