He is risen!
And our lives
Our hearts
Our minds
Our spirits
Are forever changed.
What Love Looks Like
It has been a good Friday 🙂
On my way in to the Good Friday service today I was feeling a bit despondent about the state of the world…reading news reports at the moment can do that to you.
I don’t know what I can do to help (except to pray, which is the first and best option).
There’s deceit and misinformation and cruelty and apathy abounding these days.
And I’m just me…but still with a responsibility to stretch, and dare, where I can to speak God’s love and hope into hurt and darkness.
I can get a bit tangled up in knots trying to make sense of what that means in the everyday.
But today is a day to remember that God so loved the world…and Jesus came to save it, rather than condemn.
Good to know the fate of the world is not on my shoulders!
I still need to offer my hands, and feet, and voice.
But I know where to go to ask the whys and hows, and where to start on the path to a new day.
This was released 16 years ago.
Still relevant.
❤
I’ve Been Framed!
Well, my self-portraits have…
I can’t say I’ve done an amazing job of framing, but they’re done. I’m working through the written assessment tonight and tomorrow, and then I’m pretty much done!
As often happens, the things I think will be easy…aren’t.
But the things I think will be hard sometimes aren’t, either! 🙂
I had frames and bits and pieces strewn around the lounge room yesterday.
Biggest Boy was a bit nonplussed to walk in the door, only to be confronted by me(s) frowning at him from the big lounge chair.
😀
On a foray into town today to look for some framing bits (unsuccessfully), I came across a new footstool.
A comfy unicorn, but it needs a bit of spot cleaning.
I seem to have gathered myself a bit of a menagerie 🙂
I’m nearly there.
Starting to feel the satisfaction of accomplishment…
I’ve got some work framed and up on the shelves.
I’ll have time for reading (yay!) over the break.
…and, of course –
Don’t forget my unicorn!
🙂
Her Story
After I found the song that had been sung at the Women’s Conference (my previous post) I started listening to some of the other songs by this group of women.
And got lost in the beauty of the stories of women in the Bible, retold.
So – if you’re hanging by a thread
…know that even when you’re washing the dishes you can still be in a holy place.
Remember, you can pick up your tambourine.
And sing through the deep waters.
Stepping Up To Burn
I had a lovely morning, spending time with friends from church at the Women’s Conference. We heard about what it means be an overcomer, and heard how some of the women had seen it in their own lives.
And we prayed.
And sang.
And listened to song.
And then went home to shine a light
in such a time as this.
Like That
Just because I don’t have anything to say today (it’s been a quiet day), and I enjoyed this.
May have even danced a bit…
In my mind, anyway! 😆
All The Colours Of The Palette
I think I’ve finished the paintings for the assessment that’s due tomorrow.
Not sure enough to submit them yet.
But fairly confident…
I’ll check them again in the morning.
I have been enjoying the colours of the palette when I finish for the day.
I don’t think I’m too wasteful of the pigments, but I’m still juggling amounts when I mix colours. I’m also (finally) using brighter colours.
Yay! 🙂
Yesterday’s.
…and today’s.
There are still questions to answer.
But, one way or another, by tomorrow night I’ll have finished another module.
I’ve had a bit of a break tonight, and a bit of a laugh.
Just another reminder that people can be so delightfully weird!
❤
De-Floodified
After last weekend’s uncertainties, it’s good to get back to normal.
We waited a couple of days, then started moving stuff back into the vulnerable spaces.
My favourite bit was taking the heavy curtains down from the art room windows – light and fresh air again! I’ve even been doing some work 🙂
I rearranged some of my shiny things.
The week has been mostly dry, and I intended to get more done than I have. We’ve been feeling very tired and wondering why – eventually decided that even though we didn’t do much after making the house as safe as we could, we were waiting to see what was going to happen. Even though we weren’t overly worried, we still kept track of wind and rain, and probably overdosed on adrenaline without realising it…
I’m hoping that the temperatures start going down soon 🙂
Until then – a walk into the past.
The first song is one that I first heard done by Enya, although this is much older.
…and here’s something to have a giggle at –
😀
Low Or High?
So Alfred has crossed the coast, and was downgraded to a tropical low.
And now seems to be picking up speed again.
I think.
I’m seeing reports of strong winds on the northside, and floods predicted across this part of the state.
We’ve been pretty much at home, waiting…did the work yesterday, and waiting now to see what happens. We did prepare for winds, but the water rising was always the more likely outcome here.
So – we’ll see what happens.
We’ve prayed, and prepared.
Keeping an ear out for what’s happening in the neighbourhood…
I do think it was funny that my favourite group put out this song today –
Well, we’ll have the rain. And sun.
Sometime.
1000 Fields of Roses 