Crashing California

{preface: there is not a tremendous amount of talk in the Bible about Angels -- though there is def. some. Mostly either delivering a message/judgments or reference to "the Angel of the Lord", who according to some theologists refers to Jesus before he came as a man and changed eternity. The following is not meant for serious debate or as fact but as just an opinionated poem. Afterall, if we reference demons' there are also angels} The Ocean at peace with itself for the moment, tides temperate and dripping low -- kissing the flat ground. Sands of a thousand years holding oceans tears, the salt, the season coming to a close before the rains. And the wind softly soaked beauty over the flats; and feathers caught up, caught the ground for a moment. Traveling this earth apart from what they once were, now just evidence of wings. Wings that are free, wings that caught the breeze and currents and floated or fought the weather. Wings that brushed the ground, rested on waves, w...

This week has been a somewhat difficult one -- for a variety of reasons ~ I won't go into detail because the details are not worth mentioning anymore so than the details from an unwanted dentist appointment. You had to go through it for your own sake and now you're just glad it's over. But here is the premise and the events. This last Sunday was our first year anniversary (literally) of leading worship at the church plant in North Oceanside, which has now become our church for the meantime, affectionately known as Generation North O'. The service we experienced last Sunday was nothing short of about equally as emotionally draining as the first one a year ago -- like a nice "Happy Anniversary" Kiss from you know who (hence the title of this blog). All in all, there was tension, there was needed resolution and the resolution experienced was not promising, rather it was heart-hurting (for me). But life goes on, and life is messy and you do what you can to kee...

Today I have a bad attitude. It's not even like I have a really good excuse, in fact they are pretty pitiful but I'll share. I have this pretty uncanny ability to wake up RIGHT at my alarm ... I'm not talking in the general vicinity of when it goes off, by 5 or 10 mins ... this morning, I literally woke up walked to my phone and my alarm went off, that's like 30 seconds early. So, you would think the morning is off to a good start. I worked out and thought about sitting on my couch with my warm and fuzzy latte in hand and got to the fridge, only to realize that my darling husband had used all the milk. This is not a big deal (or it shouldn't be) but we actually really had no real food anyways, no eggs, not even a bun or toast, so my breakfast hiatus from my day was thwarted. Never fear, I can get food at work - no biggie. So, work is work. I drive, I arrive. It's corporate, and now, thanks to our inter-office move, ridiculously quiet. And it's good, none ...

{ pelicans surfing to Mexico } Sometimes life can be like this ~ these taken last Thursday evening. { this long shot is actually four pictures spliced together, a panoramic shot of our beach and the ocean about half the horizon } { rainbow over Ocean Street } Yes, this is our backyard ~ Glory be to God in the highest & Peace on Earth. peace . smallness in the vastness of His presence . submission in the midst of the storms . worship when we don't understand Till Next Blog ~ love a.