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beauty

July 16, 2013
i had one of the most revolutionary conversations with two friends this weekend.  one friend was asking me aesthetic questions such as what color my house would be.  i told her that i neither knew nor cared at this point.  then i confessed--to her horror--that i did not care about aesthetics in general (later this notion was misproven.  i did, but did not realize that i did).  appalled, she got me where it hurts...my theology.  she said, "God cares about aesthetics.  He made everything beautiful, the trees, the flowers, but He didn't have to."  wow.  what did i have to say to that?  nothing.  truth had prevailed and i willingly surrendered my apathy to the original Artist's superior view.  i'm so glad that God is smarter than me.

anyway, this led to more conversation and revelation about how i saw myself, but perhaps another time.  your hint?  i found out that the phrase "beauty is vain" in proverbs 31 did not mean what i thought...and this totally turned my world upside down as for the first time in a long time, i saw beauty in a truer light.  God made us beautiful...and it's good.
 

revelation

July 16, 2013
so, I was reading revelation 12 this morning.  super cool chapter.  anyway, it's not what I would normally read.  I gravitate more to the epistles, specifically Paul's letters.  I was reading it in awe; it's so vivid.

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songwriting

July 6, 2013
hi, so this is my first blog.  i've been songwriting lately.  the problem is, i keep coming up with new material instead of finishing already started material.  i wrote part of a new song the day before yesterday.  it was not a love song, but did appreciate someone stepping up to be a good example...someone doing something worthy of respect.  maybe i'll finish it.

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