Eyre

'There are things we are obliged to observe, such as fireworks, but God uses for the training of His children the things which we have to will to observe, viz., trees, grass & sparrows.'
- Oswald Chambers

No matter how much we hide, our secret thoughts and feelings inevitably surface;
Few things truly matter, when all is stripped away;
The simple joys of being with loved ones - kin, kindred spirits, or even those unexpected opposites;
My desire to travel is ever present, but the wonder of seeing beauties in the most ordinary and commonplace, is splendid.

An increasing knowledge and love of who You are, 
and not what I make you to be.

Frangipani

“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

There are those changes - obvious, resolute, unmistakable...
then there are those quiet, unassuming ones, that comes unsuspectingly - through a word, gesture, or simple thought...

It's remarkable how some things that meant so much, mean so little now.
Where everything falls into perspective, when our hearts are in the right place - perfectly in Him.

Sear

It’s painful to be detached from the one you love, and love dearly. The physical detachment is trying, but nothing in comparison with the detachment of the heart, where either one or both goes to a place, that refuses the other to follow suit. 
Then, both hearts are left beating weakly, with open wounds of absent love, infested by worms of pride, robbing both of the joy, strength and union of two hearts that beats best together. 

What can you do? What will you do? What will both do and must do. 

To know a Love that goes beyond oneself, again, again and again…always.
None of mine, but grant Your Love from above.

Pondicherry

“It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.”
― Graham Greene

Dinners on my own at the balcony,
morning walks accompanied by the breeze and sun's warmth,
friends having real, raw exchanges...
Loving, changing, pursuing, and growing...
much, much more.

Embracing it all with strength.
His strength, His joy.

Sierra Leone

'I forgive you, wholeheartedly. We all need it, so much. From God, from each other.'

I'm not waiting for a spectacular,
once in a lifetime moment, (Those times are lovely)
but I live expectantly each day,
to see a piece of eternity worked out
in the most unassuming gestures
and commonest of duties.

In love with life.

More than that,
in love with the God of life.