Wednesdays have long been one of my favorite days of the week. The reason why is still unknown to me. But today, as I was hastily running out the door I was stopped dead in my tracks by an incredible sunrise. As a recent member to the smart phone club I did what anyone would do (no, not a selfie) I snapped away to capture the golden, rose and purple hues painted in the sky.
Noticing my need to leave in order to get to work on time I put my phone away and stopped just for a moment longer to take in the colors. It was then that I realized that the sky didn’t resemble the least bit like the shots I had captured moments before. In my passionate attempt to catch the beauty I had missed the sun rise itself.
This thought has come to mind many times before and with what awaits me in the next year it returns to me more and more… How often do we live our lives behind a lense? Be it a camera or our phone, we’re so caught up in capturing the moment, the beauty and the memories we forget to live the experience first hand.
I know God is going to use this metaphor (or is it a simile?) to reveal something big my life in a way that will blow my mind over the next coming months to shape me and mold more in his image. But as he takes his time to reveal that to me I want to make a commitment to him, to you and to myself not to live with my phone/camera glued to my hand. Because if my hands are tied up trying to focus on the perfect shot, they will clearly not be available to embrace a child, hold the hand of a woman needing comfort, or helping a teammate in need of an extra hand.
