Love & Joy
Background:
To be completely honest, I didn’t enjoy this assignment at first. I felt like I had no “perfect” not even positive words to describe this year specifically. And yet, the first word that came to mind was “Love”. I immediately dismissed that thinking love was way too basic. So, I threw it to the dumpster fire that is my thought process. Soon then came my Thursday night rush to finish my procrastinated homework assignments and the word love kept coming back. Begrudgingly, I accepted it- it’s not a slur or a mean word by any means- and BOOM! Joy hit me upside the head! Combine them! Show your classmates who glance over your photos that you CAN choose love and joy in the midst of hate and sorrow!
So, here I am doing exactly that.
This year especially, I had to decide to love and be joyful. I had to decide to love myself as God created me to be, to struggle with extending love to those who deeply hurt me, and experience God’s love for me in a way that I never have before. I had to choose joy when the actions and words of the people who wronged me came back to haunt me. Daily, I choose joy despite the fact that many around me are burdened with a deep sadness within their hearts.
Therefore, I chose Love and Joy as much as they chose me.
Yes! And you did a fantastic job editing them together. The different light contrasts in the photos work really well together. I'd like to see one with the ampersand photo also b/w, it would be interesting to compare them. (Granted, I only uploaded the partially colored version of mine, so I really have no right to say that)
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate what you wrote in the background too. that spoke to me.
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