I'll be found in you

Brooke Fraser: Shadowfeet




When the world has fallen out
from under me
I'll be found in you,
Still standing

When time and space are through
I'll be found in you

Patience

Can I introduce you to a friend of mine? Wee Italian Chick has a blog worth to read! In her latest post she cites Henry JM Nouwen. I liked this bit about what he's said about patience:

"Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest,

to be completely present to the moment,

to taste here and now,

to be where we are."

I think that's active waiting, something I wrote about in an earlier post.

Snow, finally!

..NOT that I am in there. Thanks to the internet, you read the same newspapers online and it's like you are there. Here's what my country, Finland, has been looking like today! Oh Snow, I miss thou!

Lahti:

(courtesy of Ess.fi)

Helsinki,

pretty good photo this one actually:

(From Hs.fi, Outi Mustonen/Lehtikuva)

Happy New Year!

With this video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl0Lkwis3-s

In the morning

When I rise

Give me Jesus

When I come to die

Give me Jesus

Let Your Light Shine

I thought this was a good song for this time of year, especially for those in Finland. :) (Sorry it's in Finnish..but enjoy..here's a chance for a cultural experience! :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZGUMDT7NxA

Actually, the title of this post as well as that of the song, is something I've been contemplating on the last wee while, ever since I saw Stardust (:))...When the light shines in the darkness...All darkness has to flee as the light lits up the room. There was a scene like that at the end of that film that made me think of Jesus, His Light, and the glory of God. I came across this passage (Luke 1:78-79) last week that I thought it goes well with my topic here. Check it out...

God can light even our darkest rooms, to bring hope and new life, where we thought no new life could be. There is always a way out, there is always new things, there is always Hope.

PS Congratulations P&M for a wee baby girl!!!

"Last thing on my mind"

In here (Youtube doesn't allow embedding anymore..?)

This song is for K, E & J.

Songs in my heart just now

The Burn Band

Wanna pay a visit to these guys at St albans sometime!

Try the song "Beautiful"..love it.

Community

By Nakedpastor David Hayward's words:

"This is how I see community. We get together and be what we already are without trying or pretending or even planning."

*In the photo Johanna, Minna & me, September 07

On sailing in Unknown Waters

with a few friends before leaving Finland

"Yes, it's time to get uncomfortable and charter those unknownwaters! You might not know exactly where you're going, but head out with God anyway. You are going to get there" -Todd Bentley

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
Hebrews 11:8

Isn't that a great passage! Life's full of unknown waters =) "He didn't know where he was going" How about trust that, eh!! So far what I've seen in life it's definitely so that God takes me one step at a time. I might have a hunch of the whole picture, but I'm sure by the end of the day, ie. at the end of my life, there might be much much so much more there and so many more twists than I ever thought of. And you know how you have that feeling "oh I should really do that thing, take that job, go down that route.." And after doing that you actually realise later on that wow, never thought all that would come to my life and come it did. Sometimes we only have a hunch to go by. But I've noticed as I keep on walking, keep on making choices, more and more details come up on the map. It's something I can trust. I don't have to know it all, or have the whole picture - all I have is the day I live in. One step at a time. And we'll get there.

Whaaaaaat..Why am I not in Stockholm???

Hej Alla Medlemmar,
Hösten har anlänt och vintern är runt hörnet därmed vill vi belöna våra trogna kunder med 500kr i presentkort på alla Jackor & Kappor i butiken Reiss, Norrmalmstorg.
Detta email gäller som ditt pressentkort och är giltigt fram till den 1st November 2007

Med Varma Hälsningar,
Reiss - Stockholm

Received this email today, now correct me if I'm wrong but does it REALLY say you get 500Kronors discount on jackets and coats in Reiss?!?!?!? Hmm, must dash to see how much were those Ryanair flights to Sweden from Scotland..

Though, must admit, even with a 500kronor discount (equivalent of roughly £36) the coat above, which is £195 originally priced, might still not really be up my alley... :-) But ohh, isn't it nicE.