As always...I have some fun images I've taken with my nifty, wonderful iPhone4 camera that I want to share before getting to the nitty gritty of sharing the latest with you...
Oh, and I wanted to share a little something I wrote about my iPhone (I do have a very "special relationship" with my iPhone4 camera!) ...
"My iPhone camera is a dream come true.
Just one click - no thinking about what lens to use or what setting would be best...just see and click.
Love it.
And the inexpensive, vast array of apps for editing...truly I am a kid in a candy store.
As an artist, I feel more FREEOM to create with my simple iPhone camera than with any other camera.
I feel that I've been able to capture the "spontaneous innocence" of my creativity I had as a child where I didn't think so much about making it "perfect" ....
I just colored!
I can take this portable little phone camera w me out into the world and "just color" to my heart's content!
And believe me...my heart is content.
Happy little iPhone camera.
Happy little me."
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| Waikiki - Fun times at the beach! |
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| Kayaking in the tropical Pacific Ocean...B E A U T I F U L!! |
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| Me soaking up one of my favorite things to do with my hubby! |
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| My beautiful husband - too amazing, I had to keep pinching myself while we were out there! |
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| PINK and more pink!!!! |
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| Something I keep close by...given to me by my sweet daughter! |
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| SO many beautiful rainbows here in the Pali Mountains! Every time I see one, I am reminded of God's beautiful promises! |
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| Many diverse flowers here...all so new to me and so fun to photograph... |
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| This was a happy little surprise! I was using my macro attachment on my iPhone camera and shooting into this petal, thinking this was a little piece of the flower inside (it was a little bigger than a pin head!) and I got home to view the images and discovered this wonderful ladybug inside with red legs! Isn't she lovely??!! |
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| GORGEOUS Orchids! |
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| "Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance...and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence, the appointed course of the race that is set before us. Help me run to win" ~ Hebrews 12:1 ~ |
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| God's BEAUTIFUL creation, ALWAYS something to be thankful for! So much to see, so much to learn and discover...SO THANKFUL that God is such an artist and has put SO much into all His creation! |
So, if you have been following my blog posts, you already know that I have a real battle with food...first of all a digestive tract that doesn't like any food all too much, and secondly, a love affair with what I call my "goody" foods...we're talking vegan chocolate chip cookies, chocolate, grains (especially oatmeal)...you know. I have been praying and specifically asking God to help give me the "WANT TO" in order to stop eating these as I know they have contributed greatly to my gut issues and guess what? He answered my prayer! He is so faithful and so good! Ask and we shall receive! I was always praying and asking for Him to give me strength to say no but I did it because I HAD TO, not because I truly wanted to. This time, I changed my request and asked Him to help CHANGE my thinking around these foods, to help me see C L E A R L Y that when the cravings rise up, I would see them immediately for what they are - FALSE, deceptive brain messages based on comfort, not health. He has been answering my prayer and also giving me strength to not give heed or energy to those negative cravings! Clearly they have been a hinderance and a negative in my life!
In addition, I set up a very specific food plan that is a four day rotation plan and this is really helping me stay on track. Each day I wrote out the exact green smoothie ingredients, what non gluten grain I will eat that day (making sure they are pre-soaked and eating only a 1/2 cup), what small amount of meat and exact salad ingredients. This is KEY for me! I liken it to going into "robot mode"! I don't have to think about food, just need to make sure I have what I need (by checking my list the first of the week and shopping for it and preparing it ahead of time). This way, there is no going out and grabbing something because I need food! I bring it with me when I go spend a day out wanderin' and it's been good. I'm on my 10th day I believe? Oh, please pray that I can stay consistent in this! Thank you!
Michael is doing great and LOVING it here! He is still working at the gym (Hawaii Academy) and doing yard work and other misc jobs for our landlord Jim. He is getting more involved in the men's ministry at our church Hope Chapel and is really feeling God's definite leading there. Excited about where God is taking him in ministry. Love how connected we are together here, even more than ever! I am SO SO SO thankful for this amazing time here in Oahu with my hubby...a dream come true. Truly.
Here's a short video clip of Michael doing what he loves best!!
Our son Chris and his finace' Melanie will be getting married here on the island June 9th!
Coming so soon! And we have family coming and that's going to be such a hoot sharing the island with everyone! So excited! Praying I feel good during this time so I can fully participate! I will share lots of pics!
I want to encourage you, no matter what is going on in your lives, no matter how hard, to look around you and be comforted by God's beautiful creation. This is the main reason I post all of my images here...to bring joy to those who are in need. So get out if you can, wander and discover God's creation!!
Would LOVE for you to comment and share what God is doing in your lives and tell me how I can be praying for you as well! Just hit comments button and use anonymous if you don't have a google email account. Be sure to put your name in your post so I know who you are!
Blessings!
Sue
5 comments:
Know what you mean about winter being over!!! I'm happy that you no longer are freezing in the winter though! I saw yesterday that the first day it hit 80 degrees in Seattle last summer was July 2! Well, same in Eburg as far as summer was so short...too, too short before out long, cold winter set in. We have already hit 90 degrees, yeah! We have to deal with the wind, but hey...
Always love, love looking at your photos, they bring me joy! I will be doing more photographing myself...pics of my garden etc.
God is continuing to teach me patience, learning to be content in the constant 'wait' of life! Changes and disapointments that we all have to live with. And I'm with you, I just get so filled up by Gods amazing creation...sustains me and just makes me feel good!
That and Fathers wonderful truth to hold on to, to believe and to KNOW. Ah, but it is through trials that we learn these things...daring to trust and seeing him come through. Not always the way we want, but taking care of us and most of all being with us. He is faithful and true!
Congrats on 10 days! Such a good idea to always have the food you need so you aren't caught in a moment of weakness and 'starving' and going to what is not good for you...nice!
Getting excited about our visit to your beautiful island, love you!
Cher
Hi mine Cher! Cant wait to see how your creativity will burst forth w your new iphone!!! Know you will love it too!! Thanks for your encouragement, your YEARS of standing by me as my sweet sister friend...dont know how i could have gotten through so much w out your ready ear and your constant love!
Excited for your new season of life too! Looking forward to seeing more photos etc w your free time!!! And praying for you both to feel Gods direction, and contentment in this time. Love loves loves!!!
Hi Sue, Beautiful pictures. Missed you this morning. Praying you will not be tempted or deceived.
Blogg on sweet friend. Aloha, Michelle
Hey Michelle! So happy to see you here! I missed you all too, hate having to miss group, it's something I look so forward to every week! Thanx on the pics and for your prayers! Need them! Know I am praying for you too my dear friend! Bless you!!
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