The Eye Project

 About 6 months ago I suddenly woke up from a happy, dreamful sleep one night with this thought - 

"If eyes are the window of the soul, then I need to photograph them!"

  

God's word has so much to say about eyes; finding favor in someone's eyes, the Almighty's all-seeing eyes, having haughty eyes, setting good or bad things before your eyes, seeing God's wonders with your eyes, blinded eyes, opened eyes, the list of "eyes" goes on. 

The following verses about eyes are some of my favorites.

"...watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live." Deuteronomy 4:9

Job 19:27

"I myself will see him

with my own eyes - I, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!"

"I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm 16:8

Psalm 17:8

"Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings."

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Psalm 19:8

And so one of my "0-dark-hundred" inspirations turned into my EYE Project.

You Know You're a Farmgirl When...

You pull over on county road 21 to take pictures of cows and daydream about your "someday" farm.

Yup, that's what I did on the way home today. 

Sometimes, we just need to stop, breathe God's good air, and take a look around at all the stunning beauty

 in life he gives us. 

Yes, even in the cows. 

Visit here for more farm-girl thoughts!

Tragedy Strikes

How do you react when tragedy strikes?  Tough it up? Brave it out? Melt down? Cry? Burst out in anger? Maybe a bit of it all?

Tragedy struck my family in March when my sister got in a horse riding accident that she is just now recovering from. Tragedy came again on Thursday when that same sweet horse caught her leg in the fence and had to be put down, again devastating my dearest sister. And tragedy struck us again yesterday when we found out that our friends, the Larsons who are living with us got a job in Tennessee and will be moving very soon. Too soon. But isn't that how tragedy is? Always too soon. "If I only had 5 more minutes I could have saved his life." "If only we had known about the cancer a month ago." "If..." Tragedy is always filled with regrets. If I had looked out the window sooner the horse wouldn't have died. 


But, there is a silver-lining in the tragedies of life. We have a good, loving  Father God who redeems everything. Through my sister's injury she has been molded into a more patient, less self-seeking young woman. Through these last few months I've learned a lot about loving people better. Learning to be okay with change and sharing "my space" and roll with the punches. Learning how to stand by other people when they need to lean on you most.

Even more we are praising God for Mr. Larson's job, thanking him for the time we have gotten to spend with our dear friends, and I am even more grateful that it was the horse instead of my sister that had to go home.
Life is short and life is very fragile.

1 Peter1:6-7

In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, 

glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.