Faith and Fancy

Yes, people, it's official. I am OBSESSED with this artist (see picture to the right :)) She just captures what i want to express.


Anyway, this picture brings another topic to mind. Balance. I want more of it in my life. But the thing is--the hard thing is--realizing that i won't be able to do balance with perfection. And that is something i have to accept. Perfection is not reality. I want to live the perfect Christian walk. (Oops, well that went out the window a long time ago.) I want to be the perfect daughter, sister, girlfriend, mom to Sophie (the furocious pup), employee, you name it. But i'm realizing that to be all of these things, i'm going to have to find the balance. I'm going to have to focus on the unseen. I'm going to have to stay true to myself. And ofcourse, live imperfectly (and try to be OK with that), walk with my Savior, and let Him pick me up when i fall down. Let Him be my strength. My portion. The interesting thing is that when the worldly or fancy things fall away from my sight, I make more room for faith--for the Lord of the universe to shape me into the person He wants me to be. Here's the key: when the need to be perfect falls away, it makes more room for my authentic self.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18.

I want more of the unseen. More of the supernatural. More of Jesus. It is my belief that if i cling to Him, the rest will fall into place. When i am not focused on Him, life just seems harder. More daunting. More difficult. When i am focused on Him, i find that i lose sight of myself. And that's a good thing. Because it's not about me anyway--in the end, it's really more about the faith...than the fancy.