Funny thing about bats....
So, check out my new lj background. For some of you it might seem dark and dismal...but I actually see an sence of calming in this darkness of my lf. We are now into my favorite time of year...where it is hot during the day and nice enough to take walks in the dark at night. Just recently Sam and I took one of those walks around our complex. It was nice, gave me energy, and rejuvenated my soul. I love water and in this picture I love to imagine the sound of the water in motion with all of the night creatures buzzing around it. It reminds me of the movie "Summer Magic" and all my favorite elements from it. "All I wanna doooo, when the day is through, is linger here on the front porch with you...." "Suuuuuuuumer maaaagic."
Another aspect of this picture that I am drawn to are the bats....some might argue that they are seagulls...but I beg to differ. I learned something interesting about bats this week that I did not know before. For a bat to fly....he has to fall....that is why bats hang upside down.....so if you have a bat in your house and it hits the floor it can't just take off from the floor. It has to climb up something (such as your certain) hang upside down and then fall. I always thought that bats could just fly like birds but to fly they have to fall.
I think this is very true for life...especially my life. First, mushiness. I love being married...but to really fly in my relationship with my husband I had to fully fall....in love with all of him...even his imperfections...and he had to fully fall in love with me (including all bizmillion of my imperfections). We truly have fallen...and with putting our trust and relationship in the Lord we are both flying :-).
Of course then there is the rest of life. I have found that for me in most anything, but especially my ministry in the church I have to fall to fly. Often times I feel that I can fly on my own...but then I fall. Because to fully fly in ministry and in anything in life we have to rely on God, pray to God, look to God for guidance and wisdom...so of course I have to fall continuously to fly continuously.
Another aspect of this picture that I am drawn to are the bats....some might argue that they are seagulls...but I beg to differ. I learned something interesting about bats this week that I did not know before. For a bat to fly....he has to fall....that is why bats hang upside down.....so if you have a bat in your house and it hits the floor it can't just take off from the floor. It has to climb up something (such as your certain) hang upside down and then fall. I always thought that bats could just fly like birds but to fly they have to fall.
I think this is very true for life...especially my life. First, mushiness. I love being married...but to really fly in my relationship with my husband I had to fully fall....in love with all of him...even his imperfections...and he had to fully fall in love with me (including all bizmillion of my imperfections). We truly have fallen...and with putting our trust and relationship in the Lord we are both flying :-).
Of course then there is the rest of life. I have found that for me in most anything, but especially my ministry in the church I have to fall to fly. Often times I feel that I can fly on my own...but then I fall. Because to fully fly in ministry and in anything in life we have to rely on God, pray to God, look to God for guidance and wisdom...so of course I have to fall continuously to fly continuously.