Week 3.9: Beacon

Week 3.9: Beacon is a photo I took while sitting at my desk at work. Our summer intern was laughing at me...That's okay. An afternoon thunderstorm rolled in, and I grabbed the camera...I loove the thunder and lightning shows of monsoon season. But the thing that stood out to me most was the dark beacon and the rain beads that had been flung onto the glass.

In the winter evenings, the beacon fires up and cuts swaths through the sinking darkness before I even drive away from work. It's summer now, though, and it's usually not this dark. The frozen beacon in the summer storm made me reflect even more on the canyon of discovery I am now toeing.

I'm getting ready to confess something pretty big...but it's been a bit dark and trying as I figure out what it is I want to say...what I mean...what I want to be heard, really listened to.

Recently I threw my heart up at a good friend. Afterward, I felt the need to apologize. I told her I was sorry for vomiting on her...I knew she hadn't been expecting it. She wisely and kindly said: "Friends don't expect anything from their friends. That's why they're friends." Ah, Dear One, that's why we're friends in the first place, isn't it?

Stay tuned for the continuation of this blog and my confession.

In the meantime, a special thanks to all of you who've been a Beacon. Even when the darkness came on of a sudden. You know who you are: the ones who ask the hard questions...the ones who care with your very being.

I know God gave you to me for a reason. I'd be lost without you.