I guess we bought a Dodge 2500 Cummins turbo diesel with off-road racing suspension so we could haul a twenty-eight foot airstream trailer around North America…and so I could race the sunset. While the sun was sinking tonight, I was rumbling up to the top of the West bench in Pocatello and mark my words people, I spared no speed.
Yes.
The sky was fire.
Yes.
I loved The Creator in the face of all that fire and
was not consumed or burned but set aflame with the glory of grace.
Yes.
I fell off the edge of the earth with Idaho as we all spun around
on axis and then dropped into the blue of night.
And it was good.
All the trite junk that can clutter life was stripped away and I was just a girl on the mountainside. All things ridiculous lost their grip on my heart and slowly untied were the tethers wound round my soul.
I could breathe again.
So I breathed deep.
Stretched out.
Called the dogs in to my side.
Sang out loud to spangle the skyline with stars and then remained quiet and silver in the moonlight.
We rise and set. We know order, despite the chaos of our hearts.
There is constant breaking and mending. Fixing and tending.
Such is life.
Such is life.
I like who I am.
I like who I am becoming.
I should watch more sunsets.
So should you.
x
who you've been is good.
who you are is good.
who you will be is good.
it's all good.
He is good.
and that's all that matters
in the wondrous and glorious
and victorious
end.
come back.
i don't think life is as good
without you by my side.
Gorgeous capture of that sunset! Isn't it just incredible the way the light glides across the landscape? One of the benefits of those fires nearby is that the smoke particles carry the light much farther than normal…so that I can be reminded of those sunsets I have missed from the country.
Bask in it.
Soak it into your soul.
Revive.
when i see such beauty as is in your posting this evening:
sky.
mountains.
words.
the intent.
dogs.
you.
….then i am reminded that the silliness that had me all wrapped around the axle is just mundane stuff and all that matters is love.
i love you for showing me that life is so very good.
xx
Would it be too bizarre to wallpaper my kitchen with that sunset?
Should I warn Alex first or just surprise him?
Cat: The smoke did make for a beautiful sunset!!! This is for certain! x
Foxy: Oh yeah. None of that junk matters. You just have to let it slide — over and over again. 🙂 x
Michele: Dudes love surprises. Definitely surprise him. 🙂
holy good heavens, that is ONE GLORIOUS sky!!!!!
Worth the race 😀
xxoo
Amen sister. My Alaskan skies were too covered with rain clouds to allow for a spectacular sunset tonight, but I am going tundra fire and sunset hunting this weekend. I believe your words will be coming along with me.
I don't believe in the creator myself, but everything else you say is just purely luscious, the way you tie those words together.
And the windblown picture is beautiful.
Your post has made me long for the grey clouds blanketing the UK to part and the sun to come through long enough that it may set in beauty and colours of fire, and so that i may capture it with my shutter
xx
Amen. Sister sometimes you got to drive fast and trust the auto with no trepidation…fly! (I love a fast car)
Beautiful. And I love your socks. 🙂
Good Heavens! Your Country is good for the soul and easy on the eye!
lucky you…
Beautiful photos, I see a sweet chicken postcard series in your future.
ohhh…i am taking deep deep breaths while "diving into" your words and photos…
"We rise and set. We know order, despite the chaos of our hearts.
There is constant breaking and mending. Fixing and tending.
Such is life.
Such is life."…
i LOVE this jillian!
you are more than
GOOD my friend,
xx
oooh-weeeee!
I do so much sighing while reading your blog, sistah! xo
Lovely photos and writing. My sunset photos never look that good. Did you notice that your stockings were coordinated with your puppies' coats?
OH!
Thank you all for these comments!
Violet: This sunset was especially unreal because of the current forest fires in the Northwest:)
you are sacred.
i am so blessed to have found you.
XO
amen sister. aaaaaa….MEN!
sunset.
and sunrise
(all day)
the wind in your hair puts me right there with you. magical shots.
magical night.
Aw jeeze. I love that mountain even more now.
you're so cool. this post is pure delight! love reading and seeing into your world!! xo
Mmm, I've been absent from your blogs (and many blogs) as my life turns thisway and thatway. But reading you again, I feel like I've come home. And I don't think I'll be leaving again soon.