ShutterJack
Underbelly
Exploring underneath the iconic Santa Monica Pier I discovered a mysterious place flooded with lights and sounds breaking through slats in the boards from the bustling world above... and yet strangely peaceful and serene in contrast. Such a marked difference from the world famous place it supports.
It makes me think. Our life is like the pier... to some we show only the top (Facebook?); The vacations, new cars, promotions, awards, and honors. We present the glamour and the fun. What we fail to do is to show the rest... the stuff that supports all those moments; 2 am wake up calls, hospital visits, unexpected layoffs, stubbed toes and late night tears.
The older I get the more I value the underbelly of the pier. I am so accustomed to posting pictures of the famous ferris wheel, however, that I find it hard to show the tar wrapped pillars below. Though it requires vulnerability and can be ugly it is often where we see God's best work.
Underbelly
Exploring underneath the iconic Santa Monica Pier I discovered a mysterious place flooded with lights and sounds breaking through slats in the boards from the bustling world above... and yet strangely peaceful and serene in contrast. Such a marked difference from the world famous place it supports.
It makes me think. Our life is like the pier... to some we show only the top (Facebook?); The vacations, new cars, promotions, awards, and honors. We present the glamour and the fun. What we fail to do is to show the rest... the stuff that supports all those moments; 2 am wake up calls, hospital visits, unexpected layoffs, stubbed toes and late night tears.
The older I get the more I value the underbelly of the pier. I am so accustomed to posting pictures of the famous ferris wheel, however, that I find it hard to show the tar wrapped pillars below. Though it requires vulnerability and can be ugly it is often where we see God's best work.