Clouds

I wanted to share where the picture up there came from...

EQ and I were flying home from Florida after a week at the beach with his family in early June. Both of our flights took us over some amazing storms....we'd never seen anything like it. Several of the storms had lightning that just lit up everything below us; other clouds had delicate, streaky lightning that reached out and touched every other one nearby, like lace being sewn in an intricate pattern in fast forward. We were mesmerized by the majesty of the storms from a perspective that we'd never had. What a view the Lord had of something that He created and controlled....sweet of Him to share the view with us....

A Long Time Coming...

So, I now have a blog.....

Hmmmmm, I feel a lot of pressure for my first post....

I have played with this idea for a while now. And with the persistent encouragement of my husband :) , I'm giving it a try. I have no idea what this is meant to be: a way to keep up with family and friends, a way to stay connected, a way to get things out of my head and process, a way to stretch my writing muscles and be creative, a chronicle of the working of the Lord in and around me, a way to look back and see His fingerprints in this life..... hopefully, all of the above.

I like records of things, to look back and see patterns. To see what you couldn't see in the moment. And I like playing with words and journalling and writing......and capturing snapshots of life. I long for joy in the midst of the abundant life that He promises....thus the title. Recording moments of joy, or reminders of truth in the times where it seems absent, are what this will be about....

So, here's to the beginning.....