Thursday, April 27, 2006
Just read and let these words soak in, I pray that this is your testimony.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
Your perfect love is casting out fear.
And even when I´m caught in the middle of the storms of this life,
I won´t turn back, I know You are near.
And I will fear no evil,For my God is with me.
And if my God is with me,
Whom then shall I fear?Whom then shall I fear?
O no, You never let go,Through the calm and through the storm
O no, You never let go,In every high and every low
O no, You never let go -Lord You never let go of me.
And I can see a light is coming for the heart that holds on -
A glorious light beyond all compare.
And there will be an end to these troubles,But until that day comes,
We´ll live to know You here on the earth.
(And I will fear no evil)
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on,
And there will be an end to these troubles, but until that day comes,
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
Your perfect love is casting out fear.
And even when I´m caught in the middle of the storms of this life,
I won´t turn back, I know You are near.
And I will fear no evil,For my God is with me.
And if my God is with me,
Whom then shall I fear?Whom then shall I fear?
O no, You never let go,Through the calm and through the storm
O no, You never let go,In every high and every low
O no, You never let go -Lord You never let go of me.
And I can see a light is coming for the heart that holds on -
A glorious light beyond all compare.
And there will be an end to these troubles,But until that day comes,
We´ll live to know You here on the earth.
(And I will fear no evil)
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on,
And there will be an end to these troubles, but until that day comes,
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You.
My Great Aunt Helen, one of the most inspiring and amazing woman that I have ever known, passed away this afternoon. My first reaction was that I wished she was still here. I wish that we could go to Pizza Inn one more time, or to have her make us vanilla nut cookies and brownies for our 12 hour car ride back to Nashville. But I realize that she is much better off now. She has gone through a lot in the last year, and I know that she is much happier now. I can not help but be selfish and wish that I could still have her here. My mom said something really profound after we visited Helen over Spring Break. I told her how it was hard for me to watch my family getting older and sick, and she said "You know, when we used to come visit them, they used to always take care of us. Now it is time for us to take care of them." I feel like I'm growing up and I am not sure how much I like it.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
For the past month, I have been teaching photogrpahy classes up at Youth Encouragement Services (an inner city after school program that I worked at last year). I have four girls in the class, Keshawn, Jordan, Tyler, and Jatisha. The first week I asked them to bring one of their fave. items so that they could take photos of it. We ended up going to the pedesterian bridge and I just let them run wild. They amaze me by the way that they see the world around them. They find some of the most ordinary things hilarious and some of the most obscure things mundane. The camera is such a powerful tool because it allows the photographer to relate what they see in the world to other people. Here is some of their work that I have enhanced on photoshop.
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