4 months...

...to the very day has it been, since i have made a post on my blog. i have become quite the excuse maker these days, reasons not to do things like this...laundry, work, cooking, cleaning, friends, etc, etc, etc. all good things, but not reason enough to no longer use words to express myself.

why am i writing about my failings, well i guess in a small way as a means of accountability, to whom i'm not sure, the digital world i suppose. i'm not making any kind of vow or resolution, we all know how most of those end up, but i am just starting again. giving it another go, let's see where it ends up shall we?

and so it begins...more appropriately, continues.

inspiration.

i would consider myself a creative person, often inspired by many things. the beauty in creation, things i see in people, things i create, things i read , music i listen to, God, anything really.

lately though i have found myself "creatively constipated". a funny way of putting it, but quite honestly that's how it feels. anytime i go to write, or draw, or listen, or even deliberately open my eyes to see, it's like nothing comes. i try but, nothing.

so the other day i started asking this question, what inspires?

i came across this scripture today...

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." ~2 Tim 3:16-17

God inspires. at least i realized in that moment once again what i already knew, that ultimately it's God who inspires me, because in all those things that i find inspiration and can respond creatively to, it's because God has revealed something to me.

am i still "creatively constipated"? i guess we'll see....

*Photo taken by Sophia Dorozio

distance.

well friends, as you can see it's been a while since i last wrote something for my blog. why you may wonder? well i have been going through a HEAP of change the past few months. now change is no reason not to write, so i apologize for being so "distant".

but i'm back, living in canada now with the most amazing man in the world...stephen john bryde, my husband! yup, i was married this summer and it's wonderful being married, challenging, confronting, full of love, wonderful.

so anyway...i'm back and no longer keeping a distance.

*if you are interested in reading about our wedding day or seeing wedding photos you can check out... www.amandaandstephen.com (click on "news" and there you go!)