[got all theological] Part I

Believing is having faith in something.
Having faith to something is to trust in their ways.
Trusting someones ways leads to following them.
To follow is to have your living, walking and thinking
guided by something.
Who do you follow?
I try to follow Jesus.
"All of us make decisions every day about
what is important, how to treat people, and what to do
do with our lives." - R.Bell, Velvet Elvis, p.19

Following Jesus to me is
about believing that forgiving matters,
believing in sacrificial love,
believing in generosity,
believing in pursuing peace,
believing in healing of hearts, minds and bodies.
It is not about making converts
but discipling (the nations!) -
teaching others what Jesus taught.
So every time you help someone to understand something
new about kingdom of God and God and ways Jesus spoke of,
to get to know about who Jesus is, it is
to be obedient to what Jesus told us to do.
Without control or manipulation or blackmail.
What is kingdom of God then?

Simply:
It is where we tell good news to the poor,
the broken hearts are get bind up,
where the prisoners are released from darkness,
those who mourn get comfort,
those who grieve are being provided for,
where ancient ruins are restored
and destroyed cities are rebuilt...
Kingdom of heaven belongs to those of poor in spirit,
there meek will inherit the earth,
those who hunger for justice are filled.


"So the way of Jesus is not about religion: it's about reality.
It is about lining yourself up with how things really are."
- R.B. Velvet Elvis, p. 21

[monday morning song]

you make my heart alive

kasvetaan isoiksi
huusivat narsissit
tanssiessaan auringossa

muuttolinnut tulevat
aamuruskon peurojen siivillä
lentävät kotiin
liian pienten talojen maista

tulkaa lapset mennään kotiin

rakastan
ilman vihaa
ilman pelkoa
ilman pettymystä
ilman katkeruutta

haavani kasvavat umpeen
toivoa on
[kaiku]

sanat muuttuvat lauluiksi
pimeyden silmät eivät näe meitä
eivät saa kiinni ennen valkeuden teitä

uuuu-uuuu-uuu-uuuu-uuu

rakastan

[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!