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This is the chandelier from my dining room. My parents said when I first looked at the house, “well of course we can change that.” And I said, absolutely not. I love it. At that moment I receievd the Anderson eyebrow raise, that says, “Did we raise that child?”
Dining Room Lighting
I am loved well. There are days when I feel God is withholding and cruel. I have been struggling with this on and off for a few years. Even in the midst of the some of the best years of my life, I can still feel like He is keeping himself from me; Staying far away on purpose. Just saying it makes me feel like a Brat. In the truest sense God has been merciful and generous with me. He has been abundant with me. Everything in my life speaks to that.
Yet my heart cries the opposite.
And so lately I realized that the way that David loves me is slowly proving my heart to be a liar. David, my dear husband, loves me well. His love teases me into rethinking my thoughts about God. David is sweet and patient, he is moved by my heart, my feelings, my emotions. David wants to be with me where I am, he wants to sit next to me, he wants to hold my hand.
His love has helped me to know the God who has loved me well my whole life.
Here’s a secret. I don’t listen to Christian music, oh wait you knew that? Am I really that obvious? bummer. Most just isn’t very good. Insert period right there. I like worship music and I listen to my fair share of it, but when I leave my work/church I need something new, I need something different. So I listen to the radio alot, I surf the iTunes store with regularity.
All that to say when I find some Christian jewels, I jump, I shout and I stand in line at the very bookstore I manage and tell everyone “I don’t have to buy this CD, I get reveiw copies, but I’m standing in line, becuase I love this artist and want to support their work.”
So I was reading Matthias’s blog today and proptly left my chair spinning, grabbed my wallet headed down a few doors and bought The Medicine by John Mark McMillan. Stunning, if you read Matthias’s blog post you’ll know why.
Albertine, by Brooke Fraser (of Hillsong Fame) has been playing over and over again in my iTunes, another CD I bought but didn’t have to. I love her voice, her sound, her style, her lyrics. It’s different and so so so enjoyable. It’s how I start my day, I get my tea, I put in my headphones, and I stare horrified at my inbox. Just ask my assistant.
Give these a listen. Both available in iTunes.
One of my favorite and most recently acquired things is this bowl. Hello, it has the high class of china but a touch of unexpected flair. It’s a metaphor for my life.
This was a gift from my two dear friends, Rachel and Amanda. I love this bowl
Actually not much of a story, one of our dear sweet kittens (Bella) passed away suddenly. There isn’t much of an explanation, apparently she must have been sick before we got her and she just couldn’t survive.
I was/am a total mess. I loved that kitty and I want her back. I guess I’m a real sap about those kind of things, my pets are family to me, and losing one of them has been a truly awful experience.
We couldn’t leave poor Claire by herself so we went back and bought her sister. We named her Pam (after the TV show the office).
Here is dear sweet, hyper Pammie.
Here is a picture of Claire
And of course Annyoung
I love my kitties.
(Bella, miss you.)
