in Focus

Saturday evening we set out in search of whales - it's whale season in Hawaii. Mike said they were putting on quite a show while he was surfing in the afternoon, so we grabbed the binoculars and headed to north shore.

We ended up at Shark's cove watching humpback whales (na kohola) blow, slap and breach (the humbpack uses its tail to propel its entire body into the air, landing back onto the surface with a huge splash - I didn't take any photos, too busy trying to spot whales with the binoculars, but you can see photos of it here). It was pretty cool to watch, and the binoculars made it all the more exciting.

The binoculars got me thinking a lot about focus-I get so busy... and wondering if I need to adjust my focus... enjoying my time as a mother, enjoying my funny Omi and Mark more...

This comes from a talk by Russell M. Nelson, "With God Nothing Shall Be Impossible":

"Imagine, if you will, a pair of powerful binoculars. Two separate optical systems are joined together with a gear to focus two independent images into one three-dimensional view. To apply this analogy, let the scene on the left side of your binoculars represent your perception of your task. Let the picture on the right side represent the Lord’s perspective of your task—the portion of His plan He has entrusted to you. Now, connect your system to His. By mental adjustment, fuse your focus. Something wonderful happens. Your vision and His are now the same. You have developed an “eye single to the glory of God”. With that perspective, look upward—above and beyond mundane things about you. The Lord said, “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not”. That special vision will also help clarify your wishes when they may be a bit fuzzy and out of focus with God’s hopes for your divine destiny. Indeed, the precise challenge you regard now as “impossible” may be the very refinement you need, in His eye."

My FAVORITE part of the evening was watching the sun set over the ocean! enjoy!










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