Embarking My Life

I analyzed this photo in my art class this morning. What do you think it means? A couple of meanings I pulled from it were these: -This chair wanted to stand out, to be different, than the rest of the chairs, so it had to do something different in order to be noticed. -The contrast of darks and lights, as well as the look of abandonment of these chairs made me think that these chairs have been there for awhile, and the one that fell over was tired of having to rise up to expectations or having to be exactly like everyone else. -Sometimes we have to do hard things or odd things in order to be doing the right things or standing up for what we believe in. No matter what you get from this photo, any of the interpretations are right. The one I want to touch on in this post is standing out to be different. I have probably 4 or 5 post drafts waiting for me to finish editing them and publish them here on my blog, but I'm afraid of criticism and judgment. I want to stand up and g...

I was talking with a friend earlier this week about life and how we got to where we are right now. It got me thinking a lot about how the Lord's hand has directly guided my life. We don't always know why things happen the way they do. Actually most of the time we don't understand that, but the Lord knows. He will choose to tell us when we need to know, even if that isn't until the next life. I know that everything happens for a reason. I have had my share of frustrating moments where I wish I knew why things happen the way the way they do right now, but I'm grateful that the Lord is in charge of everything. I seriously have been able to see how the Lord has connected different events in my life. One thing didn't happen the way I had hoped, but it led to other things that helped take my life in a better, but different direction. It's like these dominoes here.   If I was in charge of my life, it would have led my life in the path to the left,...