Just in time for summer!!  As you know I adore sea corals.....I love how these colors make you feel like you are at the beach!  Sooo relaxing:)  Relaxin' with a nice cool lemonde enjoying the sun!

Finding Beautiful

As I start my new life here in Florida, I am on an adventure- an excursion of sorts....I call it "Exploration...Finding Beautiful"... I will be pulling together ideas for my dream home.  Finding my likes and dislikes along the way.  This area is just Stunning! I love the clean, crisp feel! Designed by Lindy Allen of Four Chairs Furniture photographed by hiya papaya   http://www.houseofturquoise.com/2012/12/four-chairs-furniture-hiya-papaya.html

IF: Swamp

                 

This week’s Illustration Friday topic, “Swamp” was a bit of a challenge for me, as I am not too fond of swamps:)  It definitely wouldn’t be on my list of places to visit.  Trying to find the beauty in a swamp was difficult, but somehow my mind made its way to the dragonfly.  Some may not think they are much to look at but I find them beautiful.  This made me think of the importance of looking for the beauty in the not so pleasant experiences in our lives…there is beauty that can come from these places…Isaiah 61:3 says “To provide for them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”

 God desires to use those difficult moments of our lives to bring forth something wonderful and beautiful!  In my life personally, I thought of how I had struggled with sickness for the last 4 years.  Although it had been the worse 4 years of my life in many ways...I have also seen the amazing hand of God moving in so many other ways...I have grown deeply in the areas of mercy and compassion for others...which I am not so sure I would have had it not been for the journey...Today I renamed my Dragonfly to “Beauty Fly” J