Friday, June 10, 2011

Just Call Me 'Dinosaur'

Oh, the odd struggles I have with technology! I didn't think I was this bad... Give me those creaking old nokia phones and I'll sit down and figure it all out. Give me anything new and I just have a permanent look of confused concentration on my face each time I look at the shiny screen and try to operate it. Jonny tried to update me...I just say he makes me look cool hehe ;) But in all honesty, this dinosaur in me just keeps aging me.

I'm on the mainland!

I have arrived home safely! As the plane took off, I watched as the gentle island which I have called my home for almost 6 months fade away until all I could see were fluffy white clouds illuminated by the sun. A moment of panic set in for what I was leaving, and then subsided quickly at the thought of being able to see my family again in my home province. Throughout the 2 hour trip, I was accompanied by an autobiography of Muhammed Ali and snacks, dozing on and off until I noticed our descent. I looked out the window: green, grey, buildings and roads and tightly packed housing districts... yes, this is where I grew up. It's certainly no Island, but the thought of seeing Mom and Dad made me look beyond that fact. Do you think sometimes we'd be like that heading Home? See what we have for ourselves here, the blessings we have enjoyed on this earth... as we leave, all of it seems to flash before our eyes, as if the life we've lived here wasn't actually that long at all. Then looking heavenward, all of that feels like an island that fades away because there is nothing more we want to do than to see our Heavenly Father. I have always imagined what the image of Christ would look like, seated on the throne... and I know that for all the times I close my eyes and weave that thread of imagination over and over in my mind, it would never compare to seeing it for real on the Mainland.
posted at 8:55 AM by Jo -