Prophetic Photography

from glory to glory...

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Each season of our life shapes and transforms us.  All important and necessary in their own way.  I find great relief in this knowing that my hardship isn't in vain and God is in control of my shifting seasons, whether it be the growth of spring or the harshness of winter.

My job is not to resist the new seasons and get stuck but to let God transform me.

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xo

Erin

Prophetic Photography: Running

Run The Race

You Need the Endurance

I don't like to exercise.  I get bored. It's hard.  I give up early on.

In an effort to get in shape, Ryan's been teaching me how to run and the largest lesson he is trying to drill in is that it's all in my head.  I have to be more mentally tough when it gets uncomfortable because my body can do it.  If I'm comfortable, no progress is being made.

When I took this picture I labeled it , "The Road Ahead of Me".  I knew God was telling me the road symbolized my life, my journey.  I have been crippled with fear lately that there are scary things around those bends because I can't see what's ahead.  Life can be hard and I don't want to experience the difficult things that may come.  I fear I would be too weak to make it through them. I want to be comfortable and happy.

So God said:

If you don't run, you will go nowhere.

Just like with running,  if I'm comfortable in life, no progress is being made, I'm going nowhere.  If I don't run with endurance I will live a comfortable shallow, meaningless life never knowing what God had for me around that corner.

And endurance produces character, and character produces hope
Romans 5:4

By your endurance you will gain your lives.
Luke 21:19

xo
Erin

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Prophetic Photography

Run to Me

Have you ever heard of prophetic photography?  Neither had I up until a couple weeks ago when I  asked God to show me how I can use my talents for Him.  I then thought I came up with this brilliant idea of prophetic photography.  I didn't know if it was a real thing already being done.  A short Google search later I found that it really was a thing and found this explanation and examples at Red Door Sentinel.

I've seen Akiane Kramarik's paintings and their prophetic meanings.  Looking through a book of her paintings have brought me to tears because they carry such powerful messages and dreamlike wonder of things I couldn't have even imagined.

Kelly explained that revealing things hidden through divine inspiration  declare the purpose of God.  Hidden Things are always in plain site and the scripture it declares can be so revealing in a picture.  

For example in the picture above, I was out with my dogs and husband taking our typical daily hike.  On this night, we were a little nervous letting our husky go without a leash.  If you know huskies they are notorious for being runners, stubborn, and not listening to anything you say.  Azul, our husky, was at extra risk of running away on this hike because we had just fed him dinner.  He didn't need to get home anytime soon to eat.  At this point, Azul was running far ahead and my husband and I had stopped to play catch with our other dog, Glacier, and Azul kept going further ahead.  I really wanted Azul to be with me.  Not out of fear he was running away, but I wanted to play with him, pet him, and I really wanted him to want to come to me. So I called his name, and he came running to me.  I snapped the picture above.

Later I was posting the picture to Instagram and I came the caption part.  The only thing repeating over and over in my head to put was Run to Me.

I felt like I was just given a download of information on why God gave me that caption.

I can be unruly, disobedient and stubborn.  God has the power to keep me close to him or make me do the things he wants me to do, just as I could have done the same with putting Azul on a leash.  But instead he wants us to want to run to Him just what I wanted from Azul.  By him running to me it made my heart happy that he returned affection to me.

When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you.  If you seek me with all your heart and soul.

Jeremiah 29:13

Then I said, "LORD, you give me strength and protect me.  You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble.

Jeremiah 16:19

xo

Erin

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Arizona: Day Seven - Rainbows

Day seven, we saw THREE rainbows.  One in the morning, afternoon, and a double rainbow in the evening.

Let me remind you,

we were in the DESERT!

Rainbows were created to deliver a powerful message.

First, a promise from God that he wouldn't flood the Earth again.

I believe rainbows still hold that powerful message but also that God continues to use them to tell us things.

A double rainbow lit the darkened cloudy sky. God said, “Trust me through the storm, I have you. Don’t lean on your own understanding but lean into me, as the showers refresh. Embrace my wind, it blows the mosquitos away. Know my rainbow is a double one of covenant. They witness to my faithfulness. Trust me. I bring you through the storm. I am here for you.”

via puregloy.net

Give Hope

Recently, my friend Natasha and I were catching up in an email. When she brought up a book...

"Have you heard of Kisses from Katie? I don't know if your much into reading but it is SO good, I highly recommend it. She has such a pure heart for people and she is so young, she moved to Africa left her rich home and boyfriend and adopted 13 African girls over a span of time there. She is so inspiring."

I finally got around to buying the book two days ago and it has opened my eyes to so much!

"Why me?  Why would God choose me to do this?  But as I think through my life, I see how blessed and loved I have been.  I think it is only normal that God would ask, even require, me to share this love with others who may not know it.  Luke 12:48 says, "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."  And I have been given so much." - Katie

I'm only part way through it and received a couple revelations so far:


1)  I have so much! and with much, much will be demanded.
I need more of a generous heart to give more of my time, money, and love.
2)  TV is a complete waste of time that I will never get back.
(God has been showing me this for a while now but he drove it home with this book)

You can read what Natasha has to say about the book and Africa here.

See Katie's blog from Uganda here.

Studio Visit

I also happened upon Ashely's blog.

Ashley and her family are waiting to adopt their baby girl.

She posted a picture of where her daughter is and it was a picture of babies in their metal cribs with wood platforms instead of mattresses.

She writes "Yes, those are wood planks. I’ve been told they are for sanitary reasons (helps prevent lice, scabies, etc.). There are around 24+ babies for every 2 nannies from what I understand. Needless to say, my daughter has spent the majority of her life in one of those cribs. She isn’t outside playing in the grass. She doesn’t get the individual attention babies crave & need. She is one among many. I am a wreck at the thought of it all."

To help the orphanage out where her daughter is now she asked for help to buy an incubator that cost $1400.00.  

I donated.

and so did many others!

She posted an update and the grand total is now $13,000 and counting!

Go here to see what they are doing with the money.

Go here to read about and donate to this project!

As a thank you for donating Ashley sent me this amazing print by Recipe for Crazy!

Song is the surname of all the children in the orphanage.

Give Hope!

xo

Have Hope

He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. 

Come, see where his body was lying.

 Matthew 28:6

Happy Easter!

xo

Make Kony Famous

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Hope For Spring

I've been struggling to be excited for each day.  I went into this school year knowing it would be a long marathon type of year and I was right.  I'm finishing my very last year of graduate school BUT my last year consists of a full school year internship (the kind where I work full-time for free).  The end is finally in site but I feel like these daffodils, wanting to rush it anyway.

So where is the hope?

Knowing that this won't last forever.  

It has been forever since I've ever been out of school but I know my school days are numbered.

Just as the winter will soon turn to spring (right after this huge storm we are being hit with tonight. HA!), I know that my spring is coming with new things.

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."

On another note, I found this man's story here and here.  So incredible.

and I'm in love with his dog!

More hope here.

Happy LEAP DAY!

xo

Have Hope

How do you give hope to a hopeless person?

I heard this question a few days ago and have been turning it over in my head ever since.  I run into my share of truly hopeless people everyday.  I work with the difficult population of the chronically homeless but I also encounter hopelessness at the high school where I am a school counseling intern and pockets of hopelessness in my friends and family.

Hopelessness is a tragedy.

What is a person without hope?

...and what can I do about it?

I think a hopeless person has fallen victim to believing great lies.

LIES:

about themselves

about their self-worth

about their future

about others

Each person has so much value.

They may not have any family or a single friend they can trust, which is the case for most of the homeless, but they are valued most by God.

....so how can I give hope to the hopeless?  

Show them: 

that they have a future that they hope for

That they are valuable!

Discount every single LIE they have believed!

Have Hope

I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

- God

Have Hope

Today I spoke with:

a woman haunted by her past choices

a man who tragically lost his cousin

a mother who's house is in foreclosure

a daughter who's mother is sick

a student trapped in their horrible environment

and one thing was on my heart for all of them:

Two reasons why:

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- Have Hope