Click on the links below for stories, essays, and quotes on faith, love, and trust. "The Little Match Girl" is a story that touches something, very deep, in all of us. The little girl symbolizes all of us. We all hold up our "matches", of youth, talent, and energy... so hopeful that someone will love and understand us. Unfortunately, we often burn those matches up in a desperate attempt to find the love and care that we want so much. Just as the little girl is taken into warmth and love at the end of her life of struggle... God takes those who seek him into his warmth and love at the end of our lives as well. Bio "The Measuring Rod" "Our Deepest Fear" Share                      Hawaii Time! All photographs appearing on this site are the property of Joe West Photography. They are protected by U.S. copyright laws and are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way without the written permission of Joe West Photography.