Lately I have been enthralled with one of my favorite blogs SouleMama. I really can't put my finger on what is so very intriguing about her or her family. And believe me when I say that my mind has been putting in over time trying to figure out just that.
There is a certain sense in me that some of the things that I love dearest are dedicated to the wrong camp. Let me explain. For example, I really could be a very good fanatic about food. Organic food. Whole food. Farmer's Market food. My own garden food. But it seems that that field is totally saturated with a liberal mindset of an almost outcast departure to anything based in Christianity. All things priding themselves of "natural" origin seem to be thus. From food to toys. Creativity to birthing.
I find a great wrestle within me. How can I be so very inspired down to the core of myself by people whom I have such deep seeded convictions that run contrary? Wrestle. Wrestle. Wrestle.
The beauty of Christianity is the very essence of why I love it so... it is founded upon a real person's love for me. Jesus loves me. It's not a phrase just for kindergartners. I rely on Him whispering these same words over and over to my spirit. But love allows for mistakes because it's really not based on my striving to a law.
I say all that to say, in love we get it wrong sometimes. We miss the camp we really should have embraced instead of ignored. But truth is still truth, fit for all areas of real life. And what connects me to inspiration is the same connection that is in all humanity. Whether we are in the world or of it we are still bonded by our humanity. Made like the Creator. Some of Christian culture has ostracized the thoughts of nature and its cultivation and a entirely different camp took up the slack. Moreover, most are under the belief that nature in and of itself is the beauty worth preserving. I say, O how much more amazing and inspiring to love nature under the umbrella of nature's God.
I love Jesus. The man. God. The One. Whoever inspires me, nature still flourishes in my heart because it was created out of love for me - the earth.
