...who is that in the picture? is that really you?...
what did our Abba tell you?? I am so anxious to hear about this. Today I called the lady in New York and told her I didn't have a peace about that whole deal...it went okay,though I am still praying about it. How are you? Are you getting ready for your next adventure? Let's just sit back and enjoy the ride :)
the picture's from Popo's latest film shoot for school--a music video for the Tom Waits Song "Misery is the River"... I'm a crazy vagabond and have just passed out because my lifegiving umbrella blew away. Dancing around madly and falling on the ground for hours...it's therapeutic somehow to live dramatically for a few hours on these film shoot evenings. Feels kind of like how life should be lived.
Anyway, Josh amazes me with his directing and filming skills, making something otherworldly out of very little. I'll try to get him to put the thing online somehow when it's done so you can see it.
What our Abba told me... He just showed me, as I was thinking about who and what has influenced me the most, that what really infuses me with passion is simply loving people whole-lifedly, in places where there is not much else BUT love. People like Mother Teresa and Henri Nouwen, even when I have known little about them, these are the lives that my heart leaps up at and I suddenly recognized that this is what I'm built for. It's not brilliant, it's not academic, it's not 'professional', but I can stop feeling bad about being un-passionate in all those areas--because I'm designed for THIS area.
Hard to explain, and this is like the longest comment ever. But it's just a matter of looking back over my life and finally coming to ACCEPT what I'm not made for so I can embrace what I am made for.
And of course all this thinking stems partly from our talking about your situation. I'm glad you called the lady, and I'm glad you're still praying about it. I've been praying for God to prepare you and I don't want to limit Him in any way--but He's given you a sense of what you're designed for, too.
I don't know how to get ready for my next adventure, except to fall on my face and say 'help!' :) but maybe that's enough.
this is more like an email than a comment. why don't I just email you? too late. I love you, Mel. So much.
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...who is that in the picture? is that really you?...
what did our Abba tell you?? I am so anxious to hear about this. Today I called the lady in New York and told her I didn't have a peace about that whole deal...it went okay,though I am still praying about it. How are you? Are you getting ready for your next adventure? Let's just sit back and enjoy the ride :)
I love you and miss you
Mel
the picture's from Popo's latest film shoot for school--a music video for the Tom Waits Song "Misery is the River"... I'm a crazy vagabond and have just passed out because my lifegiving umbrella blew away. Dancing around madly and falling on the ground for hours...it's therapeutic somehow to live dramatically for a few hours on these film shoot evenings. Feels kind of like how life should be lived.
Anyway, Josh amazes me with his directing and filming skills, making something otherworldly out of very little. I'll try to get him to put the thing online somehow when it's done so you can see it.
What our Abba told me... He just showed me, as I was thinking about who and what has influenced me the most, that what really infuses me with passion is simply loving people whole-lifedly, in places where there is not much else BUT love. People like Mother Teresa and Henri Nouwen, even when I have known little about them, these are the lives that my heart leaps up at and I suddenly recognized that this is what I'm built for. It's not brilliant, it's not academic, it's not 'professional', but I can stop feeling bad about being un-passionate in all those areas--because I'm designed for THIS area.
Hard to explain, and this is like the longest comment ever. But it's just a matter of looking back over my life and finally coming to ACCEPT what I'm not made for so I can embrace what I am made for.
And of course all this thinking stems partly from our talking about your situation. I'm glad you called the lady, and I'm glad you're still praying about it. I've been praying for God to prepare you and I don't want to limit Him in any way--but He's given you a sense of what you're designed for, too.
I don't know how to get ready for my next adventure, except to fall on my face and say 'help!' :) but maybe that's enough.
this is more like an email than a comment. why don't I just email you? too late. I love you, Mel. So much.
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