A few photos

I mentioned last week that I found a few pictures that really touched me.  I have had a crazy busy week and now I am home and exhausted.  So this is kind of a lame cop out, but I thought I'd upload two of the photos I really loved.  The first is the one I saw in the Uffizi that really captivated me.  I felt like I could feel the Savior's sorrow, his heavy burden, and also, I felt like I could see the love he had for the people whose burdens he is carrying.  I've seen a lot of depictions of the Savior over the years, but I think each one has a little different take and I loved this one.  It is a very tall order to depict the only perfect person who has walked our Earth.

I loved this one, too.  It's Mary, offering a rope to help people get up to heaven.  I love the idea of Mary (or anyone else, really) helping other people up.  Mostly because I feel like we are all here for more than one reason.  The first is to get back up to heaven, but the second is to help our loved ones to do the same. 

I guess my thought for the week is, drop a rope.  Lend a hand.  Start a blog.  I don't know how you are supposed to be helping your friends or your family, but get your act together.  Jesus has already saved all of us, but we have to take the rope and pull ourselves up, AND we also have to be the hand that tosses that rope down for others sometimes, too.

Bridget