Love for a Daughter

There's this scene in "The Suburban Girl" where the actress hugs her father goodbye and watches him drive away. The next shot shows her writing at a little outdoor cafe table in the city. It's almost as if you saw her in a new way...not as the woman she had been in the movie until that point, but as a daughter of her father... all-grown-up. I imagined the way any dad must feel when he sees the adult version of what used to be his little girl. Pride, joy, sensitivity, care.

It made me think of my Dad. The best example of love I've ever known :)

January

Wednesday January 26
Matthew 6
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Sunday January 23
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled."

Saturday January 22
Philippians 2:12-13
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."

Monday, January 22, 2011
If God is for us, who can be against us?

the smell of paint

It’s paint cans and an empty room
With lovely sunset shadows
Playing on the waiting walls.

It’s the smell of something new,
This simple joy I feel with you
I spin and feel a new beginning live.

evening

then the night fell on us
and we both
came all undone
the stars lit your fire
and I
melted with mine.