[mercy always wins]

Just an image I drew this morning as warm up for work today.
"I choose to believe in Spring. Aslan is on the move"

[you.]

violent to pursue
wild to tame
gentle to keep
fire to hold


me


those waves washed you to shore
I thought I'd recognised you
but it wasn't until I heard your voice
I knew
I knew
you had been there all the time
in the dreams in the sunshine in the mist in the laughter 
in everything that mattered and
in the wind
afterwards they must've found the path of our footsteps
in the sand
we'd ran away
to the mountain
swam through the stream
to a adventure that waited
not looking back.

[butterflies and fairies]

just maybe this place
has broken my heart
once too many
it never looked at me
saying let's bathe together
in sunshine
cocooning in the fire
be who you are
didn't let me touch it's soul
grasp, take hold,
see in to it's words deep enough
just built empty walls
echoing promises
showing off being better
my luxury is born from shared labour
fighting together
partnership
to be reborn
every morning
i'm tempted to
fold in my wings
pack up
shake of the dust
let memories turn into ash
carry on.

Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.

Day 4 on Project 31 was to Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
I didn't have a decent photo of my current favorite outfit, so I posted
instead a collection of photos that explain a little of my style and
show quite few of my current favorite items of clothing.
You will find the photos here (or click the title under the top banner)

I'd like to think that my style is quite simple but versatile, friends give
sometimes me a feedback of looking glamorous which is funny because
I think I'm mostly practical. But may it be a marriage of glamour and practical.
I love clothes that have unique details, have feminine edge but are comfortable
and compliment my mood and feeling and personality.
As a good Finn I've got a selection of scarfs. Many of my outfit photos
seem to have borrowed items. I am clothed by my family and community.
Best accessories also seem to be beautiful friends :D
My favorite outfit would also exactly be that, a collection of items
that work together and form an outfit that reflects my mood, myself,
show my character, don't show too much, and fit to the occasion.
Somehow I love these lines from the vision poem by Pete Greig:
"...They are incredibly cool, dangerously attractive, on the inside
On the outside they hardly care
They wear costumes to communicate, and to celebrate
But never to hide..."

Only thing here is that sometimes I do dress to hide. It's a solemn defence mechanism.

Forgive me. Just wait and watch and see.

Few random thoughts that flowed from my mind today:
born a royalty without a land to rule/
nomad flying with the wind rooted in you/
discoveries of true garden of delight/
depth of never-ending/
between scars there was a lot of soft skin/ 
between the lines a lot of silence/ 
knowing and still being there/ 
love supreme 

Day 3. Who is someone you know who inspires beauty?

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." - This is what I would call beauty.


I've been tremendously blessed with some amazing friends that I call my brothers. Most of them are like what I think David's army must have been.
Awesome, reckless, strategic, beautiful, fearless, gentle, loving and caring.
Dangerous but kind. They have often rescued me from many kinds of troubles and lifted me up when I've been down low. They inspire me to become more beautiful, to learn to love them unconditionally, to support them to be godly warrior men and to serve them and others. 
Time spent with them inspires
me to be more feminine, 
their presence and kind words liberates me to be
more me, their taking care of me let's me to be a princess 
and just to be and smile.


Often it is the little things they say that encourage and bless my soul,
and make me feel much more beautiful and then shine it out.
Like here is one quote: "Love how Gods creation and your creativity blends together. 
Awesome to see the result of this afternoon :) You look good bE!" How inspiring!

Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?

The question itself holds an answer or statement, because there is
only one me to begin with, no one or nothing else could be quite me.
We all are a unique combination of experiences, talents, gifts,
skills, looks, characteristics, strengths and weaknesses.
What is then this combination that makes me, well, me, what
are these ingredients and how would they be described.
It is actually harder to write a recipe of self that you first think,
as many words could describe thousand others too.
But what are the very small things, that I think that make
me stand out from the crowd, or someone to remember me,
or how would someone describe me
to someone who hasn't ever met me.

Friends would say that I'm creative, loving, radical, beautiful,
glamorous, strong, servant hearted and full of light. Ability
to hold on to these and shine these attributes within any
circumstances would be something to be pursued.
I'd hope that the intensity with what I carry these things would be unique.
To burn bright, to live deep and to encounter life with expectation
of adventure and discovery would be me.

I've lived in many places
(at least 24 houses, at least 7 families, visited 30+countries)
and met many people, and it leaves a mark on you.
I hope that mark on me
would be positive, a unique ability to communicate
and to listen and to see.
Ability to adjust and make life anywhere.

I am a storyteller. Give me a piece of paper and a pen, or ask me a question
and let me release my imagination. Hopefully I would be able to
harness that ability more into innovation, to make things out of things.

A pool of creativity and strategy.
A bucketful of pursuit to develop self, others and things.
A song of worship and intimacy.
Pinch of exotic spices on Finnish cheekbones.
Endless love for philosophy, understanding,
theology, images and stories.
Spoonful of laughter, dance,
daydreams and a whole stack of lists for things to do.
Add light and colour.
Draw deep shadows and brilliant highlights.
Talk to me.
Let gently rise and shine. Enjoy when hot.

And somewhere there, is a unique recipe of me.

[mennyttä]

yeah you are right partly i do blame you
something that was a good beginning was killed
in such a cruel way
not that i really wanted anything
but i would have been curious to see
now something so wild and natural
is boxed in and carried away
caged
and i don't know if you will ever really see it again
i don't know ways to be angry
except for the way i am
self destructive
fluffy ones always die first
brokenness that carries so much beauty
poisonous
don't come close to hurt me
i will not let you see in
would anything else heal this thing
but a pursuit
of a madman, a vagabond
or a king
and i've lost a hope in that
no evidence

The new breed of revivalist that the Lord is releasing across the earth walks in supernatural confidence and boldness because they have been with Jesus and abide in Him. They are His friends and follow after Him passionately. Risk-taking will be their signature. And these emerging faith-filled lovers of God will transform the world.

— Banning Liebscher 

http://changingtheatmosphere.tumblr.com/

This quote was way too good to not to be borrowed again. :)