journey.

it was pleasant walking home from school today. the bus was taking forever and it was a beautiful evening, so i thought why not take a stroll and destress a bit? i wasn't expecting much from the short walk but God is full of surprises, yea? (: the sights were beeeeeaaaaaautiful! there was a soft breeze that accompanied me throughout and as i walked on, i felt this assuring sense of comfort. to think i was only looking at the sky and trees (!) haha. but that's how it all works, isn't it? we are a part of nature, we are part of God's work, His splendour... that we feel a natural connection to well, nature (:

"from dust we came, to dust we shall return"

and there it was.. God's way of saying:

"I love you, Minyi."

then i saw that this tree had all its flowers on the ground. it was a really beautiful sight.. though i know the pictures don't do any justice. at all. but please make do.. haha. i mean it was taken by a 2 megapixel phone that is maybe a little old.. *hinthint* heh.

it reminded me again, of the parable about God the Gardener - that He removes the parts of the branches that are bad, that no longer bear fruit, just so that the tree will be able to grow better, stronger than before. nevertheless, the process of being pruned is always painful. who likes to have a part of themselves cut off, right? here, the fallen/falling flowers are part of nature's pruning process. it really does seem to me that the tree is losing its beauty in that sense. like you know, if one's hair is his/ her crowning glory, flowers are it for trees. (haha..) but whilst losing that beauty, i still found it beautiful. kinda alludes to how beauty is present in struggles. just some musings, really. somehow, the loss of flowers promises a greener (pun! heh.) future, signalling a change in season, a new beginning, a time to bear fruit.

and i came home to this moment of the sun setting. it doesn't look all that glorious but i still think it's beautiful.. doesn't it strike you that the sun rises and sets the same everyday, yet there never is a morning or evening that they look the same? everyday's sunrise and sunset is intrinsically different and it really does speak volumes of how creative He is (:

Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.

1 LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens...

... 3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what are mere mortals that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:

7 all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

nevermind that i saw 2 roadkills on the way home. ha. it was still a nice stroll marveling at His creation! (: of Him gently telling me that He's always there, with His arms outstretched.

journey.
(: