My Daily Offering: October 2014

About this Blog

I oftentimes find myself feeling as if I am drowning in a sea of brokenness. Financial strains, familial tensions, and the like, oftentimes distract me from who I am in Christ, and furthermore, what I am called to do as His servant. Scripture repeatedly teaches that a part of my calling is to offer up my body as a living sacrifice, and this includes giving thanks for the blessings in my life to the loving God who bestows them. My life needs to be one of joy, one that actively pursues beauty and appreciates all things, even those that are commonly overlooked.

With this blog, I hope to take myself and anyone who reads it on a journey in which each and every day I find something to do, or see, or make that is beautiful and can be deeply appreciated. Then, I will give the beauty I find as an offering of praise and thanks to the Lord by writing about it here on this blog. Check back each day for a new post! I hope that what you read here will inspire you to appreciate life more and actively pursue the beauty that surrounds you, even in the midst of brokenness.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Flowers & Fans

After I attempted to cut my bangs this evening {society will have to tell me how I did}, I sat down in my bed, camera in hand, and started taking snapshots of the things around me. It was in these snapshots that I was reminded that beauty dwells in the everyday, in the things we become accustomed to seeing and experiencing, in the things often forgotten.

I started this blog in June 2011, and my goal was to either find, create, or experience beauty each day, and then write about it. It was to intentionally put me into a posture of thankfulness, where I would end up waking up each day, in search for beautiful things. I yearn to be in that place again.

So, with these snapshots. Here are two of my favorite:

{In the photo above, I see all sorts of things which represent the beauty in my life: dried flowers from my first week with Abe, an empty photo frame (yearning to be filled), candles which evoke peace of mind, and a mug of water (because it's always more fun to drink out of a mug!)}

{This is my bedroom fan...it is loud when it runs, but I appreciate it's consistency, at least! One of my favorite parts of this photo is the small green dot on the right side...isn't light amazing!?}

As I was taking these pictures, it dawned on me: "I am appreciating beauty, and it feels so good!"

I hope to start to see the beauty in everyday things again.

Thank you, Lord, for this gentle reminder of your love and goodness.