Finland, you romance me with your sustainable synthetics

You would never let me down.
Never embarrass me. 
Oh how you keep it together.
how you endure!
Even if you're packed to the brink. 
With you, I'm sure I'll make it home.
Safe and sound,we'll get through the door.
We make it in one piece. 
Always!
Finnish grocery bags. 
You are my plastic dream!

Rise and Shine!

I've stopped writing. I've stopped sharing. The words have not come easy to me lately (and just to help you, here's the official video to F.R.Davids famous tunes. There are tonnes of cool hypnotic tiger effects there)… and to be honest I haven't put up a quest to find the words either. I've been rather happy with this fuzzy feeling that I'm on the way even if I'm unable to express it. 

But those shoes I've been walking in, on that way, are too small now. Thinking of sore feet gives me anguish (or ANUguish as some describe it :) and just because I haven't actively been looking for something doesn't mean I don't want it. It's just that sometimes a longing needs to mature before you are ready to step it up.

I want more wisdom and knowledge. And now I'm not talking about becoming one of those who are filled to the brim of middle-aged experience. No I'm talking about becoming one of those who in Christlikness understands what's happening under the surface and can make the right choices and in faith see it through…  with love and joy and peace and long-suffering and gentleness and goodness and kindness and faithfulness and self-control. ( D. Willard) Is that too much to ask? 

I'm told that whatever makes your soul come alive, do it! And this is it! 

But don't be foolish, count the costs, make a plan, come up with a method… and be obedient! So I'm starting by writing what's on my heart. It's the first step.

and then we'll see.


(I'm by the way back in Helsinki and Svenskis after yet another summer in Israel and my life should by no means be described as bad or boring or dissatisfied. On the contrary it's a time of great blessings, promises and anticipation... Best way to describe it is probably that I feel like Miss awesome in the toy-store.)

Mycket nöje!

In memory of Sirpa

I'm writing this in memory of Sirpa, my friend who I got to know in Israel and who has passed away after battling leukaemia for 1,5 years. Rest in Peace, you won!

I want to cherish your memory the way you showed me to. To take time and to let it grow in my mind, and to get purpose before portraying it. 

I remember when we went sightseeing how you didn't even bother to bring your camera and take random snapshots. Instead you silently observed and let the moment speak to you, to all your senses. You saved a picture in your mind, and in time you sketched it on paper as you remembered it. What a beautiful way of seeing the creation and life, to put it in proportion and to value it.

Yet your life told a story of constant battles. This world was never gentle or merciful to you, it never returned your kindness. On the contrary it abused you, deceived you and failed you. 

You said that your name could be traced back to the meaning of scattered, mirage and that your name seemed to foreshadow your earthly life here. Yet you chose to seek a light in it all. I believe that our trials are in proportion to our strength, they will never be greater than we can handle. And to this day I can only look in wonder what a remarkable strong woman you were to live through it all.  Thank you for sharing that light to me, and to your family and friends and enemies.

Never will I forget that day when I for the first time, unannounced came to visit to the hospital, I had heard of you having cancer, but didn't have your number in Finland. When I came to the reception to ask where I could find you, I hear my name being called out behind me. I turn around and there was a woman I did not recognize, with a terrible wig, thin, pale and emaciated. The eyes I met were quickly filled with tears… I can't believe it, you said you are an angel.  With tears still running you explained how you this day, for the first time since coming to the hospital, felt that you had to come down to the lobby. Not knowing why or expecting anything. You said that seeing me walking in through the door, was the same as seeing an angel coming to comfort you and tell you that you are not left alone. 

You told me that day that you felt like you were dying, that you didn't recognize your body anymore since it wasn't your own blood in your veins. I couldn't grasp that. What it felt like not having your own blood. What it felt like dying. 

I didn't believe that you could die. I didn't believe that you already would say goodbye to this world. Maybe that's why I ignored the little whisper in my mind saying Go and visit Sirpa before you go to Israel. I recognized it to be the same whisper I had heard that day I first came to visit. I ignored it this time and now it's too late. I will have to live with that. 

But I know that it is well with your soul and I know that never once did you ever walk alone. One day we will meet again.

Rest in peace Sirpa and thank you for sharing your life with me. You run the race victoriously with humility and dignity.

på kvällspromenad

Efter nästan 7 år i Helsingfors så gick jag äntligen vilse i mina hemkvarter. Ingen aning hur det var möjligt men helt plötsligt var jag på väg åt helt fel väderstreck.

Oh Joy, världen är stor igen!

Inte nöjd med mindre än ett fullkomligt hopp.

Det slog mig idag, när jag halvfebrig stod och diskade att  Livet kan inte bli bättre än när man har insett att det kan inte bli sämre... 

Ja det var ungefär det.

Men for the record, jag går inte omkring och tror att jag själv är där ännu. Jag förstår inte ens riktigt vad som är skillnad på tro och hopp för tillfället... Eller så är jag där och förstår det men accepterar bara inte hur lite av det som egentligen är upp till mig att förstå. Men jag är övertygad om att även den insikten kommer med tiden. Så länge man söker på rätt ställe alltså.

 Jag vill helt enkelt bara leva som att jag har fått FÖR mycket förlåtet.

Hur ihärdigt är vi beredda att älska främlingar?

Måste medge att det ibland känns konstigt att tänka sig att ens beteende, insikter, val och beslut beror på någon annans val och beslut att be. Särskilt om man inte frågat efter det.  Men om kärlek verkligen är den största kraften. Är det då inte mera konstigt att tänka sig att en ihärdig bön som bottnar i kärlek skulle vara utan verkan? 

Lilla flicka, you had me at Hello!

Jag blev hennes största beundrare när hon tog mod till sig och sprang fram och kramade mig genom främlingsskapet. 5 år gammal, så mycket liv. Hon önskade att jag aldrig skulle tröttna. Hon ville att jag aldrig skulle sluta dyka upp.

Men borta är jag nu och stormen är på väg åt hennes håll.
It breaks my heart that she doesn't know that she still have me.
And if she is not laughing, who is laughing now?"

Hjälp!

Fader vår som har barnen kär, se till flickan som liten är och vart hon än sig nu i världen vänder, håll henne alltid i dina händer… 

Din dotter kommer att dö inatt! vems är felet?

Jag har funderat en del på hur mycket jag ska uttala mig om "Operation Pillar of defense" konflikten som pågår mellan Israel och Gaza för tillfället. Har vänner i Israel som blivit inkallade till träningsläger och som väntar på att gå in i Gaza. Andra har hört varningssirenerna och tagit skydd de senaste dagarna. Israels premiärminister Binyamin Netanyahu har sagt att Israel inte kommer att stanna halvvägs som de tidigare har gjort när de har gett vika för påtryckningar från omvärlden. 

"We are going to continue hitting Hamas hard and we will continue to strike hard at the missiles targeted at Central and Southern Israel," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Friday.

Netanyahu met with President Shimon Peres in light of the recent escalation in the South.

"Hamas deliberately targets our children, and they deliberately place their rockets next to their children," Netanyahu said" (Källa: Jerusalem post: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=292187

Rätt eller fel av Israel, vi i väst vet nog inte, kan inte förstå och let's face it mediapropagandan har nått en ny kulmen. Mumintrollen får inte plats i dalen mera på grund av mediainvasionen Till och med  Morran flyr i skräck för mediamonstret som knappt ens Knyttet kan bita sig igenom.

Anyway. Det som jag däremot kan förstå och ta ställning till (och här alltså nu även gör) det är viljan att skydda barnen. Aldrig har jag varit så imponerad av Israel som under mina lördagspromenader i  parkerna i Jerusalem. Alla familjer var där och hade picknick och umgicks, spelade boll, skrattade och busade. Jag kunde inte låta bli att undgå sättet föräldrarna prioriterade barnen på, sättet de lyssnade på dem och den plats som barnen fick. Standarden på familjeliv i Israel är hög. kvalitetstid prioriteras. Tänk på vilodagen så du helgar den. Tillbringa den med din familj  och med Gud det är inget man tummar på. Kanske just för att det inte är något man tar förgivet... Och det var fint att se det vecka ut och vecka in.. och vecka ut igen...

Och det det här med barnen. Om man inte vet vad som är sant eller falskt så vet man åtminstone att barnen bör alltid skyddas. Det finns inget om och men där. Den sunda grundläggande levnadsinstinkten och fortplantningen i oss säger " rädda ditt barn" skydda ditt barn, ta hand om din åkomma... Och därför säger det något om människor som INTE gör det. 

Som Israels tidigar premiärminister Golda Meir uttrycker det (hon dog 1978 R.I.P) 

Det är inte bara desperation, det är hat som går ut över de egna! Det var på tapeten bland Israels fiender för 40 år sedan och det är på tapeten fortfarande. Antagligen för att det är barnen för 40 år sedan som har växt upp i samma anda. 

Läs gärna nedanstående Öppna brevet till "Khalil from Gaza", och varför hans 7 åriga dotter inte kommer att överleva inatt!  kanske är det Israels fel, kanske Hamas. Israel påstår att de skyddar sina ungar, Hamas påstår att Israel dödar deras ungar... Första påstående kan jag av erfarenhet skriva under på. Det andra är jag inte säker...

An open letter to Khalil from Gaza

November 18, 2012 by Boaz Kantor

Do you know how alike we are, you and I? We’re both 30 years old; we both have 7-year-old daughters. We’ll both go to sleep tonight with the women we love, not before tucking our daughters in under down comforters, because it’s starting to get chilly.

Both of us will kiss our daughters on the forehead, go to bed and hug our wives, you in Gaza and I in Tel Aviv.

Before we fall asleep, we’ll both think of the next week at work, and the onerous responsibility of providing for our families, feeding our children, and, more importantly, making sure our wives know we’re real men, right, Khalil? 

We’ll both probably think about sex and once again fall asleep only thinking about it.

We’re utterly alike, Khalil, but there is something different.

Your daughter will die tonight.

You won’t find out about it in the morning. You’ll wake up in the middle of the night to a deafening explosion. Your whole house will tremble. Parts of the ceiling will fall on you. You’ll run to your daughter’s bedroom, and find the northern wall gone, your daughter lying on the broken floor, a charred husk.

But don’t worry, Khalil my man, she wasn’t burned alive. The shock wave killed her instantly, before she caught fire. Does that make it any easier for you? No?

Afterward, a guy will show up and introduce himself as Jamil, and he’ll start photographing her.

***

Now, before you get angry at the Zionist pigs who murdered your child, let’s talk about Imad, your neighbor.

You remember that he came to ask you for a loan a year ago? Yeah, I know you’d have given him the money if you had it. But don’t worry, he managed. Someone offered him 2,000 shekels a month, to rent one of the rooms in his house. So last year, without your knowledge, one room in Imad’s apartment was filled with Kassam rockets.

You know, those two-meter-long tubes containing about 10 kilograms of explosives?

So, in this room were 50 of these rockets. And this room, Khalil, shared a wall with your daughter’s bedroom. That means that every night, she laid her head on a pillow next to half a ton of explosives. How did you sleep quietly at night? Imad didn’t tell you?

But wait, don’t get upset at Imad. He’s experiencing financial difficulties, and all he can think about is providing food for his children. He was desperate. Jamil, the guy who pays the rent, convinced him that the room was just a warehouse, and no one would use the rockets. So forget Imad. Let’s talk about the rockets for a second, and understand why they’re bad.

***

What are rockets, Khalil? A rocket is like a bullet. Wherever you aim it, that’s where it’ll hit. Only, unlike a rifle, it has an engine that burns all the way and extends its range. The Kassam, for example, can go for about 20 kilometers.

How do you aim a gun at a target 20 kilometers away? You can’t. You hit approximately. And to make sure you hit your target, you fire 10 rockets together. We call it a “volley.” Rockets are used when you don’t care what you hit. Fire a bunch toward a city, and hope that something will hit a kindergarten. This is known as “terrorism.” And Israelis don’t like terrorism.

Call us crazy, but we want to keep our civilians safe.

A Kassam rocket at Kibutz of Nir Am, near Israel’s border with Gaza (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

So we spend millions of dollars on missiles, which are kind of like rockets, only they’re accurate, and they allow us to hit the warehouses full of rockets and launchers. We could fire rockets and shells in the general direction of those targets, but then we’d risk hitting many of your civilians. And we don’t want that. So we fire very costly and very accurate missiles at your rocket warehouses. And unfortunately, sometimes little girls sleep with their heads against those warehouses.

But wait, before you get angry at the missiles the Zionist pigs used to kill your daughter, let’s talk for a moment about Jamil.

***

Jamil is a Hamas activist. His role is to locate “warehouses” such as Imad’s, and see to it that rockets are stored in them. That’s it. We call it a “logistics officer,” but that’s a bit different. Jamil received some special instructions: First, that warehouses mustn’t be close to one another. Second, that they be in residential neighborhoods. Next to kindergartens. Next to hospitals and the homes of the elderly.

Adjacent to your daughter’s wall.

And you know why? Because Jamil doesn’t really care if your daughter dies. In fact, he’ll be the first on the scene with his iPhone to film her burnt body and upload it to YouTube. As they did on the first day of Operation Pillar of Defense.

Now you can get angry. Yes, at Jamil.

***

But Khalil, my friend, it’s not enough to be angry at Jamil. You need to get angry at Hamas. It’s your sovereign government, and it decided on this strategy. Hamas invests most of its resources on militarization. In warehouses next to your house. In rocket-launchers next to hospitals. And it’s doing all it can so that civilians will die. Yours, as well as ours. Hamas must be removed.

But how does one get angry at Hamas? Think Internet. Think friends. Think demonstrations. Think dissent. Think criticism. Think organization. Think a blog. Think interviews with the media. Think that Hamas must fall and that you deserve a government that sees you, your job, your future — and your daughter — as top priorities.

Think of your daughter. Think peace.

I assure you that when you stop aiming weapons at us and instead extend to us a hand of cooperation – that’ll be a morning when your daughter wakes up to a day that will build her future.

And it starts with you, Khalil.

Good night.

källa: The Times of Israel:  http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-khalil-from-gaza/

What are you telling your soul? What is your soul telling you?

Every day it comes up to the surface, my soul, asking me the same question; are we there yet?
Every day I give the same answer; No, not yet! but getting there, go back to the rest in peace.

Lovely by Jason Morant

So...
You can call me blessed, because that's what I am, you can call me loved because that's who I am... I'm also Back in helsinki, Back at the theater, working! How do I relate to that? My best  friend I, said/posted  it so beatifully on fb today, lovers do more than workers. Couldn't agree more, let that knowledge make us wise!

Have a nice evening
// A-L

See the way He holds my heart

How to describe God's love and grace, it's like... He takes you on the perfect honeymoon and you cheat on him, and yet he takes you on a second honeymoon.

I'm wrapping up my second visit in Israel, grace has never been more precious...

"I know you through and through. I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have numbered. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years, and I have always loved you – even in your wanderings. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries. And yes, I know all your sins. But I tell you again that I love you – not for what you have or haven’t done – I love you for you, for the beauty and dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to win you back. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life, and I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and all its destructive power.

I know what is in your heart – I know your loneliness and all your hurts – the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you might share My strength and victory. I know especially your need for love – how you are thirsting to be loved and cherished. But how often have you thirsted in vain, by seeking that love selfishly, striving to fill the emptiness inside you with passing pleasures – with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for love? "Come to Me all you who thirst…" (Jn. 7: 37). I will satisfy you and fill you. Do you thirst to be cherished? I cherish you more than you can imagine – to the point of dying on a cross for you.

I Thirst for You. Yes, that is the only way to even begin to describe My love for you. I THIRST FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you – that is how precious you are to Me. I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation, and give you peace, even in all your trials I THIRST FOR YOU. You must never doubt My mercy, My acceptance of you, My desire to forgive, My longing to bless you and live My life in you. I THIRST FOR YOU. If you feel unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Me, there is no one any more important in the entire world than you. I THIRST FOR YOU. Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life – and I will prove to you how important you are to My Heart...

All your life I have been looking for your love – I have never stopped seeking to love you and be loved by you. You have tried many other things in your search for happiness; why not try opening your heart to Me, right now, more than you ever have before.

Whenever you do open the door of your heart, whenever you come close enough, you will hear Me say to you again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit. "No matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake Come to Me with your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock. Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU…" 

-Mother Theresa-

The thing is, things don't go wrong because I lack a plan B. 

Things go wrong because I don't follow plan A.

Israel for yet another two weeks, Thank God!

I know the feeling!

I THINK I' M BUFFERING LIFE AND LOVE

buffering:

Preloading data into a reserved area of memory (the buffer). In streaming audio or video from the Internet, buffering refers to downloading a certain amount of data before starting to play the music or movie. Having an advance supply of audio samples or video frames in memory at all times prevents disruption if there are momentary delays in transmission while the material is being played. Even a live broadcast would have a few seconds of delay built in.

(source: the free dictionary)

"you've got to ask yourself one question: Do you feel lucky? well, do ya, punk?"

My mom was here, we were breathing the same air, seeing the same things, living on the same page, have chosen to be written in the same book, yet we are not in the same story it seems... Think I was just the gueststar in hers. (that's what children are, right?) In a way a relief to know that it wasn't about me... I do feel lucky, punk!

Skypa just med C!

o vet bara att jag ska akta mig för att förväxla tacksamhet med hemlängtan... men tacksamhet e en liten blyg och försynt en som gärna vill gömma sig bakom andra.

New Year soon to come!

What did I do the most this year? sleep I suppose, but that's not what I will remember… I have also lived a lot, I haven't been homeless for a single day… what a blessing, and I have not been part of a single natural disaster even if the list goes longer than ever this year  (see one list below with more than hundred points of earthquakes with a high magnitude, vulcanization, cyclones, tsunamis and unexplainable scenes with massive death of fish and birds)

as I pointed out above it seems that what I did most (live a comfortable life) I will not remember. what a cliche! so not to wonder that I nearly don't remember what I wrote my thesis about because that I did a lot as well, and it paid of. I graduated and got my high marks that I don't really care about here in the Holy land. But I have a degree, jeij!

This is also the year when I have met a lot of new people that got to my heart, I hope you know who you are, because you are precious to me. and of course I haven't forgot my old friends either, thank you for standing by me, hugging me, loving me, giving me encouragement and words of wisdom when my own has been blinded. Love you so much!

 I still love to be the clinging little sister whenever I get the chance

It's the year that I spent most of the time away from Finland, it was a miracle that I got away and it's a miracle to be in Israel. but the longing is not satisfied but this will need a post of its own so I will write more about this another time.

Questions keep arising and occupy my mind as usual, but half of this year has also been a year of rest. I did need it!! but as time has gone by the curiosity has come back and with that the excitement and the joy of being a disciple.

I don't know where my life will be in four months but I didn't know that a year ago either and look it's somewhere and it's good, so why worry?

Happy new Year everybody! Since I'm in Jerusalem, the Holy city and this new year celebration is a pagan tradition I figured I have to balance it up by engage in more extreme promiscuous activities than usual, such as playing cards. ha-ha!

take care all you who are still indescribable to yourself.

The earth is still beautiful

here's the list:

    •    Earthquake magnitude 6.9 Argentina-January 1
    •    Earthquake magnitude 5.2 - Southern XinJiang, China-January 1
    •    Earthquake 7.1 magnitude Chile-January 2
    •    More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Fall From Sky in Arkansas-January 2
    •    Dead fish cover 20-mile section of Arkansas River-January 2
    •    Uganda yellow fever outbreak kills more than 40-January 3
    •    Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning-January 3
    •    Powerful earthquake hits south-east Iran-January 3
    •    Earthquake 7.0 magnitude hits northern Argentina-January 3
    •    Hundreds of dead blackbirds found in Louisiana-January 3
    •    10,000s of Birds found dead in Manitoba-January 3
    •    Thousands of Birds fall from the sky in South America-January 3
    •    Major Flood in Rockhampto,Australia-January 3
    •    Dead Birds Found In Kentucky-January 4
    •    100 tons of dead fish wash up on Brazil's shores-January 4
    •    Hundreds of dead birds found in East Texas-January 5
    •    Dead birds in Sweden, millions of dead fish in Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand-January 5
    •    Shift of Earth's magnetic north pole affects Tampa airport-January 5
    •    40,000 crabs found dead on England beaches-January 6
    •    Heavy floods leave at least 35 dead in Brazil-January 6
    •    Earthquake 4.5 magnitude in California-January 12
    •    Huge Waves Destroy Homes in E. Indonesia-January 12
    •    Thousands of marine animals found dead  in MATO GROSSO DO SUL/AMAZON Region-Febuary 4
    •    Magnitude 6.3 earthquake- SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND-Febuary 21
    •    Thousands of dead fish have washed up at Sebastian Inlet State Park Florida-Febuary

    •    Millions of small fish including anchovies, sardines and mackerel were found dead at King Harbour area at Redondo Beach, California-March

remember still full of beauty

    •    Magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastating Japan-March 11
    •    40ft section of California Highway falls into Pacific Ocean-March 16

    •    Magnitude 3.5 earthquake - OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-March 17
    •    Magnitude 6.5 earthquake- Vanuatu- March 17
    •    Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes northeastern Burma-March 23
    •    Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Myanmar, Thailand-March 23
    •    Magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan-March 25
    •    Thousands of dead fish wash up in Florida-March 25
    •    Hundreds of dead fish found in Midland,Texas-March 26
    •    Hundreds of dead fish and frogs in Marquette Lagoon-April 1
    •    Magnitude 5.4 earthquake in South Sandwich Islands Region-April 1
    •    Magnitude 6.4 earthquake Fiji-April 3
    •    Magnitude 6.7 earthquake in South of Java,Indonesia-April 3
    •    Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Veracruz,Mexico-April 7
    •    Dead birds fall into Kansas yard-April 8
    •    Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits shore of Japan-April 7
    •    Dead fish found in Cedar Creek, Texas-April 10
    •    Magnitude 6.5 and 6.2 earthquakes hit eastern Japan-April 11
    •    Dead fish float up in 36 lakes in the state of Connecticut-April
    •    Deadly Tornadoes hit N. Carolina and Virginia, at least 47 dead-April 16
    •    Thousands of dead fish are hauled away in Lakeside,NY-April 27
    •    A massive thunderstorm front spawned 137 tornadoes, killed at least 180 people, and mangled sections of Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville, Alabama-April

    •    Dead fish wash up in San Tan Heights pond-May
    •    Deadly Tornado hits Albany, New Zealand, at least 1 death-May 3
    •    Major Mississippi flooding, destroys many homes-May

beautiful and indescribable in its treasures

    •    Dead fish found in Valsad district of south Gujarat-May 3,4
    •    6.5 Magnitude Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, Tsunami warning-May 15
    •    Iceland's Grimsvotn Volcano erupts,followed by small earthquakes-May 21
    •    Deadly Tornadoes hit Minneapolis and Missouri-May 22
    •    Deadly Tornadoes hits Oklahoma City-May 24
    •    Chedeng exits Philippines, leaves 3 dead-May 28
    •    800 tons of dead fish float ashore in Philippine fish farms-May 29
    •    At least 10,000 metric tons of fish dead in Bolinao and Anda waters in Pangasinan-May 31
    •    Deadly tornado hits Springfield, Massachusetts-June 1
    •    Dead fish found in Ogeechee River-June 3
    •    Dead fish wash up in Bulacan and Ilocos Sur-June 4
    •    Volcano erupts in Chile for the first time in 50 years-June 6
    •    Massive wildfires in Arizona,claimed more than 30 homes-June 8
    •    6.0, 5.5 and 4.4 Magnitude Earthquakes hit Christchurch,NZ-June 11,12
    •    Hundreds of dead fish float up in Delco Lake,Creek-June 15
    •    Buildings,trees and mountains miraculously appear in a China lake (no explanation)-June 17
    •    40 Tornadoes rip through Nebraska,Kansas-June 21
    •    7.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Fox Islands,Aleutian Islands,Alaska-June 24
    •    Massive dust storm hits Pheonix-July 5
    •    7.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits New Zealand-July 7
    •    7.3 Magnitude Earthquake hits northeastern Japan-July 9
    •    6.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Philippines-July 11
    •    Hundreds of fish found dead in lake in Kuantan-August 9
    •    A ton of dead fish found in River Segura-August 9
    •    Large number of fish found dead in Central China River-August 12
    •    5.3 earthquake hits Colorado-August 22
    •    5.9 earthquake hits Virgina, jolts NY and Carolinas-August 23
    •    Hurricane Irene hits SC,NC,VA-August 26,27
    •    Deadly Typhoon hits Taiwan and China-August 29
    •    6.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Alaska-September 2
    •    6.7 Magnitude Earthquake hits Argentina-September 2
    •    7.0 Magnitude Earthquake hits Vanuatu-September 3
    •    6.6 Magnitude Earthquake hits Northern Sumatra, Indonesia-September 5
    •    6.4 Magnitude Earthquake hits Vancouver-September 9
    •    Floods in Pennsylvania-September 10
    •    Texas Fire destroys 1,554 homes, 17 people missing-September 11
    •    Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake hits Northeastern India-September 18
    •    Tornado hits Siloam Springs, AR-September 18

fabulous and amazing

    •    Deadly Typhoon hits Philippines-September 27
    •    Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake hits Aisen, Chile-October 7
    •    Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake hits Death Valley-October 7
    •    Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea-October 14
    •    Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake hits Amurskaya Oblast, Russia-October 14
    •    Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits Simeulue, Indonesia-October 16
    •    Heavy rains kill at least 84 in Central America-October 18
    •    Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake hits north of Tristan da Cuhna-October 19
    •    Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake hits Palau Region-October 23
    •    Magnitude 5.1, 5.6, 6.0, 4.9, 7.2 Earthquake's hit Eastern Turkey (what a hit they took!)-Oct. 23
    •    Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake hits Fiji Region-October 27
    •    Massive Flood hits Bangkok-October 27
    •    Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake hits Peru-October 28
    •    Tornadoes spawned from severe storms touch down in Oklahoma (after a 3.8 magnitude earthquake the same week)-November 8
    •    Africa's most active Volcano Erupts-November 9
    •    Deadly Tycoon hits the Philippines-650+ killed-December 18
    •    Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake in Siberia, Russia-December 27


(source: http://www.jesusblogspot.com/2011/01/natural-disasters-2011-recap-of-first.html) 

God is in control!

Love// tjejjen!

Merry Christmas! when did the star dissapear?

Yes I am...
and yes this Christmas is in many ways...

God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sovereign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.

-William Cowper

Brief contemplation after spending Christmas eve in Betlehem. It's so unestethic... too unestethic! For all the senses! Probably just the way it should be... o boy, you must have been beautiful!

 

Sand mellan tårna en vecka före jul

Kan berätta att min första tanke till rubrik var sand mellan tårna en vecka före jul prceis som Jesus. Men det låter ju så tvivelaktigt. Hus som e helt har haft en ledig dag som spenderats i Tel Aviv. Var på jakt efter guld, rökelse och myrra och hittade en groda som fick sig en reprimand av en tant, en geyser i centrum av stan och en strand att njuta av. Fin dag det här!

Sometimes I'm blind, but never ignorant

Ibland glömmer jag bort att allt i Israel är ett mirakel, det sägs att för att vara en realist här så måste man tro på mirakel. 

ibland glömmer jag bort att de gator jag går på är del av Sion, skönhetens fullhet, och att det är härifrån som Gud träder fram i glans. (psalm 50:2) 

ibland glömmer jag bort att jag är kallad att vara en bro mellan det realistiska miraklet och skönhetens fullhet och under de dagarna verkar få saker vettiga, meningsfulla, realistiska eller äkta här. 


This is what life in Israel is for me, at the moment...