Headdresses

This may sound weird, but lately I just really wish that western culture was into headdresses. I suppose we had them in the medieval period and in the 1920's, but I'd like to see them come back. They are ridiculously beautiful and exquisite and unique.

Anyways, I can't tell if I've suddenly had a great appreciation for other culture's fashion, or if I've just been watching too much Star Wars...

... its probably watching too much Star Wars...

The Time Traveller - H.G. Wells

I finished this great novella today. It is such a good read. But somehow it sounded really familiar, and I realized I’d known a simplified version of the story from an episode of Wishbone. Oh Wishbone, a show from when children's television was more about teaching children or inspiring them to greatness as opposed to entertaining through random, loud, and supposedly humorous, hysterics.

Learning to Read

I've recently been reading through Psalms, and it has been hard for me. I always hear people saying that they love the Psalms, yet I've been dreading it. I don't know why. Perhaps because I am determined not to plug myself and my own feelings into the poetry and thus obscure the author's intended meaning. Or maybe this just goes along with my lack of good interpretation/understanding of the Old Testament, something of which I intend to improve on.

But recently, I had a little breakthrough. I've always read Psalms from the writers perspective as opposed to mine. So when reading Psalm 18, I thought of how David would have been hunted by his enemies (perhaps the men of King Saul), and how God would be his refuge in protecting him from these men.

Now this is likely true, but I've realized it is only a surface reading. Who am I to assume that David only meant "enemies" as human enemies? I finally see the universal and personal aspect of the Psalm! I can connect to it!  "Enemies" could very well mean spiritual enemies. It got me so excited. Think about this line,

"He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me."

 It is so beautiful, and so true. I have so many enemies inside myself -Lies, Envy, Laziness, Anger, Lack-of-Self-Control, and Aimlessness, just to name a few of the pack. And I can't overcome them on my own because they are too strong for me. Yet God, in His unending love, scoops me up; He reaches down from His greatness to rescue a little person like me who is drowning in the grasp of my enemies. Why was I being so stubborn and so assuming about what these poems were about for so long? It's like I couldn't see what was so obvious. Now I need to read them all again! And I am filled with excitement! (As is evident from all these exclamation marks)

Perseverance

I'm going to do a bit of web-weaving here and reference you to my post via another blog.

Read my post (which tells you my recent experience and musings on perseverance)

My Trip to Newfoundland in August (9th-18th), 2011

So, I am only going to post a few pictures at the moment. Clearly, I have been procrastinating. But ah well...

(continue)