The Rebellious Curator
You can be a really good friend, and hold someone dear, and still not be valued.
You can say all the right things and still have someone turn your words around.
You can be kind, gentle, funny, charming and smart, and still be rejected.
You can be joyful on the outside, and still carry a heavy burden.
Relationships are tricky and people are complicated.
It's not easy to hold space for all our differences.
It goes wrong sometimes.
I'm learning
after years of guilt over losing a friend,
or having someone walk away and never knowing why,
or being too much or not enough...
I'm learning to guard my heart.
There's a purpose in everything.
That failed friendship will teach you how to do better next time,
and that heartache will prompt you to pray when all else fails.
Hold to those who stuck with you and to the God who never changes.
Winter Boots
Comfy Sweater
Snow
Dark Mornings
Hot Cocoa
Sleeping Cat
Mittens
Warm Socks
Wind
Rain
Did I mention Snow?
"In that day, I will make a covenant for them - with the beasts of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth to make them lie down safely." -Hosea 2:18
"As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. The same fate awaits them both. As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animal...all goes to the same place. All come from the dust and to the dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises up and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" - Eccl. 3:18-23
I found this German-made, vintage stable which is so full of character. I re-purposed a few Willowtree angels I already had, and added the farm animals for a bit of colour. Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus are inside the barn which I lit with a soft amber light.
The Golden Retriever and donkey wait patiently at the door.
"For unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." Luke 2:11,12
"Enjoyment is always greatest when you have enough contrast to measure it by."
- M. Wylie Blanchet from The Curve of Time
These are miniature canvases 4x4 inches each. Still deciding if this needs more work..