The Picture(s)

For anyone who sees my Facebook regularly, this isn't new news...just some further discussion of a recent event.  It is about The Picture (and some other things).  So, first, here is The Picture:

In the background of this picture some people see something unusual and some people do not.  Of the people who commented on the picture, I would say a full 90% see what I see (perhaps those who did not weren't inclined to comment).  I did not see it when I took the picture.  I didn't even see it when I first edited the picture (changing it from color to black and white).  I saw it when I was deleting old pictures.  Unfortunately I had already deleted the original color version, so that makes it hard to really verify anything at all, but I don't need to really.  I see it and that is what matters.

If you are in the minority of people and don't see anything, try this:

Look inside the circled area.  What appears to most people is a young woman's face.  What appears to those of us who knew her is Michaela's face, with her hands under her chin, her blond hair shining.  This seemed so obvious to me that I found it hard to believe.  I have seen teeny tiny signs and believed in them whole heartedly, but this is stretch even for me.  So much so that I went out another night and tried to recreate the picture.  Nothing scientific about it...lots of factors would be different no matter what.    This is what I came up with (new picture on the left):

Nothing proved or disproved by this.  It does clear up though, what some people were saying looked like octopus legs in the first picture.  They are there in the second picture as well, simply part of the tree. 

I can't really say why I felt any need to prove or disprove anything in this case.  It seems so clearcut.  I guess that is why, perhaps.  I don't expect spiritual things to be clearcut.  I expect them to be interpretive.  Here are some things that I believe for absolute fact with no proof whatsoever:  My grandpa came to me before Michaela died to offer comfort for what was to come, Rainbows are important, I have had incredible luck with weather for over two years now (too much so to be coincidental), the balloons and the biplane at the beach were for us, Mich had a hand in finding our new home, she held me at an outdoor concert and listened to the Song "Sister Golden Hair" with me, and the angel in this picture (below):



Father's Day 2010



Funny how I find it easier to find faith in the abstract picture above than the clear one from more recently.  Most people can't even see the angel in this picture, although to me she is clear.  Perhaps that is why God (or the universe) doesn't just text message us with what he wants us to do.  Perhaps if it was that clearcut, we wouldn't believe it, in fact we would probably get locked up if we claimed to be getting text messages from God.  So keep this in mind:  Miracles come quietly...pay attention.