"Dumpster Door"
This blog as a whole will take you on a journey with me- a woman in love with Jesus, a photographer, an artist, and a free spirit looking for the next adventure. An inside look as to what is going through my mind as the shutter captures the desired composition. The point of this is to let you in on something, everything has a purpose. On the days that I pick up my camera to accompany me in my adventures, Jesus and I can't seem to stop talking about what I'm seeing through the lens of my camera.
This photograph is really quite special to me. It is the inspiration of this blog. One day I was taking the trash to the dumpster. I was complaining to Jesus about how I was finished living in the cornfields. I was making him aware that I was ready for the next adventure and that this time I'd like there to be no corn, beans, or wheat decorating the roadsides. Don't get me wrong, Indiana is beautiful and will always have a special place in my heart but in that moment, I wanted more "beauty." My thoughts abruptly interrupted as I turned from tossing my trash in the dumpster to be caught by this exquisite door. The shadows, the lighting, the lines, the window atop, the wood grain- I couldn't stop staring. The Lord in his sweet way: "Sarah, wherever you go, I will provide beauty- You just have to look for it."
In that moment, I felt many emotions. God loves me being the first of these. He cares so much. It doesn't make sense really. Here I was complaining about my surroundings when he so graciously interrupted, taking my breath away with a door, hidden behind the dumpster. Think about that, it's just like Jesus. He would allow this beautiful door to be hidden on the back side of a shed that is falling a part and a dumpster that is well, a dumpster.
I began to think about one of my favorite quotes "I saw an angel in the marble and I carved till I set him free." -Michelangelo In that moment I realized, life in and of itself really does hinge on how you look it. I can choose to view this world through a lens of negativity, anger, bitterness or what if I choose beauty? Another one of my favorite quotes is "I will make everything beautiful, that will be my life." I used to love that quote because I thought of it from the perspective of that's what I want to do. I want to bring beauty, in every sense of the word, to every place that I go. But as I thought about this dumpster door and the quote from Michelangelo I thought "what if I brought the perspective of beauty wherever I go." Think about that. It would change everything.
I long to see people the way that Jesus do. He is absolutely, completely in love with each and every one of us. WHAT. When the lady takes too long in front of me at any given line- I am not thinking, "man, I can see why Jesus loves her!" I am challenged to view people, creation, subjects, technology, and all the little details as Jesus does.
Today, I write this blog as the beginning of many. My hopes aren't to state radical revelations or provide controversial issues but rather to open a door into my spirit. I invite you to walk with me as I journey to see the world through the eyes of the Creator. If this brings radical revelation to you, praise the Lord but today all I ask is that you don't forget to look around you today with a fresh perspective.
