Christ—The North Star

Leaves on Aspens turn to shades of yellow then tumble to the ground.

 Rivers are constantly flowing and shifting course.

The sky holds grey clouds or collects sunshine to scatter to the earth.

 Cars speed down freeways and people bustle along doing their daily tasks.

The world doesn't stop spinning.

Children grow up and leave the house.

 Friends enter and exit our lives.

Relationships with the people we love the most are altered with time.

 People change.

We change.

 Our ideals, our perspectives, our views, our lives—all change.

 Life is change.

Through all this change, one thing stays the same—the North Star.

While all other stars turn with rotation of the earth, this one is firm, undaunted.

Christ is my North Star.

He will never change, and neither will His love, which is unfailing.

 Like the North Star, His light never stops shining, it never moves.

As the stars guide seafaring men, so Christ guides me.

 I look to Him as a compass, as a constant, when everything else in life is changing.

He will always stand with open arms to comfort, uplift, and strengthen me.

He is steadfast.

He is faithful and unchanging.

He is my Lord and my light, my friend and my Savior.

Through every change, He faithful will remain.

After the world stops spinning, His love will still abide.

For eternity, He will be my guide. 

Family, Isn't it about, time?

Today I got to spend time with my favorite people in the whole world--my fambily. :) Now that I've been living away from home for over half a year, I've really come to appreciate these incredible people. If you were to ring the doorbell during our f

Let's just say, they can be a little crazy at times, and so we don't ever really get normal family pics--but we have fun, so it's okay!
(Cough cough, exhibit a.)

Do I really need to explain this picture? (Although, for the record, it was my little brother's idea, not mine.)

This is me, just doin' what I do--if you're one of my room mates, you'd understand.

And obviously we had to use the new fish-eye lens thingy I discovered on my camera today, because, well, look at this picture!

Is it legal to have a blog with more pictures than words?

Life's Not a Race, It's a Roadtrip

Sometimes we focus so much on the end goal, that we miss all the stops along the way.

 We've got to stop holding our breath through the tunnels, waiting for the light at the end to breathe! Breathe, please!

 Roll down your windows,

Feel the sunlight rest gently on your skin,

Turn up the radio and sing,

 Sing as loud as you can until you’re out of breath, then turn off the radio and look out the window.

 You've been passing these beautiful vistas all along, but did you notice them? –More importantly, did you notice the people you've been sitting by?

 They aren't going to be there permanently!

On this life-long road trip, they’re going to come in and out, and sometimes . . . you won’t know how long they’ll stay.

 So just talk to them.

 Learn from them.

Take the things you learn, and grow from them.

Make connections.

Create relationships.

Give everything you have and are, and then don’t expect anything in return.

Go ahead, feel.

 Laugh.

Cry.

Shout.

Scream!

BE.                                                                       

LIVE.     

LOVE.   

You’re not being timed.

There is no prize for getting there first!

 There’s only the fleeting satisfaction of arriving that quickly fades, and then you’re off, onto another point on a map that in the end doesn't really mean a thing.

Yes—we are trying to arrive at a destination—perhaps many throughout our lives, but don’t lose sight of those little, beautiful things that make the road worth traveling.

-11/17/2013