My name is Savannah Jaye.
I'm a photo student at Savannah College of Art and Design.
I have a passion for people and their stories.
I'm a writer, photographer, and wanderer, but I'm not sure in which order.
I'm living my dream and interning for TWLOHA this spring.
What you read on this blog are my thoughts and my words, and are in no way endorsed or sponsored by TWLOHA.
I'm not there yet, but I'm past the start.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
It’s like, it doesn’t honor God to pretend like everything is OK. That’s the beauty of Jesus that so many people miss. The beauty is that he died on the cross for our sins, but also that he existed the way we exist. He understands what it’s like to lose a friend. He’s not unfamiliar with those emotions. He’s not unfamiliar with the difficulty of human life. To me that’s what makes Jesus as God beautiful. He totally understands. He went out of his way to prove to us that he understands our situation. So when he has something to say, it’s not coming from this high and lofty standpoint. It’s coming from this person who understands intricately the perils of human existence.
John Mark McMillan
. . it doesn’t honor God to pretend like everything is okay.
Sometimes I feel like that is my biggest mistake as a Christian.
(Source: savemefromyself)
Playing Pretend.
There is a funny thing about lying: eventually the truth has to come out.
So you lie.
And I find out you lie.
And you realize I’m not an idiot and I’ve figured it out.
But you’re not brave enough to admit the truth.
And I’ll never be confident enough to confront the lie.
So we’ll just stop talking to avoid the elephant in the room.
And on one hand it deeply hurts, because I want our friendship to be a place where love and honesty can abound—even if it means initially hurting the other person—because relationships are really all about truth, not comfort, at their root. But on the other hand, I’m extremely thankful for it, because just as much as I’m sick of the lies that have been fed to me, I’m honestly sick of all of the lies I’ve been telling myself even more.
