Per audua ad alta

"Per audua ad alta"

I just found that the Hanna branch 

of my family had a family motto. 

In Latin of course.

Appropriately, it roughly means:

"through difficulties to the top."

Where You Are by Leeland

In light of turning 50.

YouTube Video

I can't get enough
No I can't get enough
Of Your amazing love
I can't get enough

I can't walk away
No I can't walk away

From where I've seen Your face
And I can't walk away

And I just wanna be where You are
I just wanna be near Your heart

There is nothing like Your love
There is nothing like Your love

Jesus I love You

With all the angels singing
Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy
Jesus I love You

The Mystery of a Frozen Life

As I walked out toward the lighthouse 
in St. Joseph, Michigan last weekend, 
I was reminded that even when every-
thing feels frozen and dead, there is
still a strong current moving beneath 
the surface. Out there in quiet cold you 
could hear the drumming of  the ice
beneath the surface as it was moving.
 You could hear it, but you could not
see where it was happening. There 
was such beauty in the mystery of it.