grandma nick

i took this picture of my grandma nick this summer.
there is just something i love about it.

Another beautiful Sunrise this morning. Maybe tomorrow I will try to take pictures even if they don't do it justice.

God moments

I have been having some nice little God moments here in the city the past couple of days. Where God does something and you know He is speaking to your heart.

For the past couple of weeks we have been having the normal haze that takes over LA so much of the year in the mornings. Kind of gloomy but it usually burns off by the afternoon. This morning it was different. There was a beautiful sunrise with great cloud formations to show it off. Very different from the grayness it has been lately. I kept wishing I had my camera but I am sure it would not have done it justice. It almost seemed out of character for the city.

Another one of those God moments happened to me last Friday. I wrote a little in my journal about it.

"I am taking the day off today. It is wonderful! Starting with times of silents with God and now I am at the observatory looking out over a foggy city sea. I love the mix of Griffith Park, you are in nature but the city is all around you. You can still hear and even see it if you want but you can also get lost in all of it. It is not like the streams of Colorado, but it has a different beauty all of its own. I am sitting by this amazing tree. I hear all the sounds of the city but it seems far off and the sounds of the bird above me seems to take over."

deep cleanning

There is something satisfying about cleaning. Yesterday I spent 5 hours deep cleaning my kitchen. De greasing and much much more. Somethings no one would notice but I know and it makes me feel a funny kind of joy.

I think I have been afraid of things because I have not been willing to give up what I think things should be like. God seems to try to teach me the same lessons over and over again. But I am ready to step out and be fully here and decide to trust God with what ever that means.

New blog title??

So i don't really like my new title but I had to change it because I am no longer in Colorado. Any one have a good title that would fit me?

Ok so thanks to Christy I think I like my title now

the wide open sky

I miss the big beautiful sky of New Mexico and Colorado. It just does not compare to any other place I have been. That is one thing I miss a lot about living in the city. Sitting outside watching the summer lightning storms. The sunsets that take your breath away every time. It is just something you don't get tired of.