Inside the mind of...

"A poem begins with a lump in the throat."

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:00 -0700

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat.”

- Robert Frost (via scabpicker)

shinofukazewolfd7: odditiesoflife: Long Term Exposure of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:29 -0700

odditiesoflife:

Long Term Exposure of Mating Gold Fireflies

Japanese photographer Yuki Karo goes to various places around Maniwa and Okayama Prefectures in Japan and uses long exposure photography to capture some stunning shots of mating gold fireflies.

Inspiring!

Summerizes the summertime in one sign.

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:21:26 -0700

Summerizes the summertime in one sign.

Testimony reflections...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:43:21 -0700

I just wanted to share a new perspective of my testimony that God recently showed me. Sometimes in order to see the beauty of transformation you need to step back and see the brokenness from which you came…

I’ve realized one of my biggest desires in life is to be intimate with someone. The majority of my life, I’ve had people come and go, no one taking the time to get to know me. It’s rough when you think that you are someone in particular who is worth getting to know. That aside, that’s what I went searching for, someone who would desire to know me so intimately that there was nothing else in the world that mattered. I guess you could call it selfish, but I would reciprocate the desire too, because again I wanted that tight knit mutual understanding between myself and someone else.

In college I sought men, I thought that if there was someone who would love me for me, then I would be perfectly happy. I didn’t desire any man either, it was those few men who dreamed of bigger, who were artistic, romantic, and looking for something greater in life. I found only one, and that special one I did find ended up leaving me too, just like the rest of the men in my life. I never understood it. I thought I was a good catch someone worthy of someone’s love and intimacy…

After my biggest heart break, I didn’t think there was any one left in the world for me. I thought I had found my soul mate, that he would realize his mistake and come back to me. It took me years to get over this guy, there were many after but no one came close to him. Because I was still in love with him, I couldn’t really move on in life, I was still hindered by his distance and I didn’t know what to do. Every day I’d write about him, every black man with an afro looked like him. I had it bad.

Years passed and he still hadn’t left my system, but I was still searching, searching for that meaning of why this “perfect man” had left my life, why the intimacy had to go. I wanted it back so bad…

Well guess what, alone in the middle of my room with just my problems and my heart felt cry out to the God I grew up hearing about….I found it. (When you empty yourself out to God, you can be sure that He’ll respond, He responds faithfully to a humble heart).

I sat there on the floor, sobbing uncontrollably asking Him why I had to be alone, why these men weren’t staying, what it was that I was doing wrong. And that’s when I heard Him say, “You’re giving your love to all the wrong things. I am love. Love me first and then you will have the true desires of your heart.”

Let me just say, I was dumbfounded when I heard this. I couldn’t believe that, that was exactly what I was doing, giving myself to all the wrong people. I had left God out of my life. Let me just say, God reminded me of His love for me that night. I sat there crying the whole night, apologizing to God for not putting Him first. He forgave me and I sat surrounded in His love. I can’t quite explain it, but it was the best feeling I’ve ever felt and the most comfort and peace I’ve ever had in my whole life. I knew it was God comforting me.

What happened in that night alone with God was the most intimate moment I’ve ever had with anyone and it was the most satisfying event of my life. I knew that Jesus rejuvenated me that night and that I was never going to be the same.

Wow.

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:28:43 -0700

Wow.

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:38:07 -0700

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:27:03 -0700

"A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not ‘let go and let God,’ it’s ‘trust God and get..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:59:38 -0700

“A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not ‘let go and let God,’ it’s ‘trust God and get going.’”

- Tullian Tchividjian (via withonefootinafairytale)

illustratosphere: Surreal paintings by RHADS

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:03:12 -0700

Bolivia

Sorrow For Whales

illustratosphere:

Surreal paintings by RHADS

Shadow Stuck Girl

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:35:06 -0700

I’m sorry little girl

That tears cause pleasure

Blood means happiness,

That dark is home to you.

What have these shadows

brought you?

Thirsty bones, and

Bloodless veins.

Sift over cracks and peak

Into light.

See how it doesn’t force,

Inviting to bask.

Corners come, they always do

But peace is there.

Stronger is the One calling you,

Out.

Captivating

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:17:44 -0700

Captivating

There is so much life out in the world. Escape yourself and dare to breathe new air today!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:19:28 -0700

Don't stand on experiences alone, stand on the promises of His word.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:48:04 -0700

Josh Garrels- “Freedom” He’s a pretty sick...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:16:31 -0700

Josh Garrels- “Freedom”

He’s a pretty sick artist and I love the freedom in his lyrics.

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do..."

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:54:10 -0700

“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”

- Langston Hughes (via loverfly)

I find them intriguing.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:53:31 -0700

I find them intriguing.

Self explained...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:26:42 -0700

I can do nothing apart from Him,

So why do I think that my weak attempts

To try could hide from His all seeing eye.

Let me sit and soak.

Submerged in present Presence of Hope.

A moment without Him...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:07:51 -0700

I lay barren at the core.

Insides dried like molten rock.

Tongue-stuck mouth

Dripping for drops of dew.

Sky searched eyes, take flight

Wandering distances between nights.

Jungle deserts breathe me free

Stars and trees friends to me.

As solitude silences hurried lies,

My mind floats up, Satisfied.

A King’s child, full of life.

Depths of Earth could never sever

A heart set by His endeavor.

Water He beholds,

Filling cracks of hopeless holes

Tongue tasted, seeds grow

Heart of love, overflows…

Drought knows nothing

in His name.

Photo

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:01:31 -0700

walkingthenarrowway: walkthesame: But small is the gate and...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:12:49 -0700

walkingthenarrowway:

walkthesame:

But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

+ Matthew 7:14

mmmh~