so today we went to catch some crabs at some ulu part of victoria. haha it was pretty fun! cos the boys did all the work. haha. i mostly sat there, laughed, ate teddy grahams and took photos of all the crabs we caught (but i think its unfair that we had to throw back like SIX cos they were female crabs and we arent allowed to bring home the females).

while the net was floating around in the ocean, waiting for the crabs to take the extremely disgusting bait comprising of raw chicken breast, i just stared out into this-



its wonderful to just stop and breathe in all of this. especially over here, i am seeing such rich hues of color in the sky, breathtaking blue, gorgeous green.. (ok im gonna stop being cheesy here.) the blue of the ocean is just. wow, no photo could ever do it justice. i wish i could capture it all through the amazing mechanism of my eye and show it to all of you, but im sorry i cant. haha.

one of the things about being overseas is having time to yourself. (i love my housemates though, they are lovely people. mike/carolina - eres es stupido! hahaha). and just being able to sit by myself, read by myself, has given me the opportunity to think through so many issues.

i read an inspiring post in lotsofscotts.blogspot.com on the subject of God's provision of comfort.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 has always been to me

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." (NKJV)

the principle of our God being the "God of all comfort"
but a slightly different perspective was brought about with a different translation

"All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us." (The Message)

He is always beside me in my heartache. that i know, but i dont believe in enough. for i often forget, and lean on human frailty for support. but i didnt realise that God actually brings us alongside those who are going through the same heartaches, so that we might bring to them this renewed strength in the Lord!

i know that i have been writing this a lot, but there just seem to be more and more and more doors opening with this one single key of heartache. just one. the key to many doors. i dont like heartache, i never have. i dont like suffering, i never WILL. but as i see these doors opening, my heart softens in a way that i cannot explain.

cos this is my Creator telling me- "this is the way, child. this is why. your heart broke so that you might learn to help in the mending of the hearts of others."