Sorry about the uninspiring title. No light bulbs went off, this year, to inspire a catchy one.
I’ve been asked to take pictures at Stephanie
and Michael’s wedding in June. I figure that I
don’t want our grandchildren to someday look at their parent’s wedding pictures
and wonder why their grandparents didn’t spring for a real photographer. So, I’ve been hard at work (reading a few
photography blogs) learning how to get my camera to take some pictures that our
grandchildren can be proud of. One of
the many things I’ve learned is that photography is all about LIGHT and using it to get the pictures you envision. If you don’t make good use of the light your pictures
may someday be an embarrassment to your grandchildren.
Christmas is also about light. Big time. There was, of course, the light from the Star in the East that
guided the Magi to the Little Town of Bethlehem, but also Jesus, Himself, is LIGHT.
He said in John 8:12, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk
in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Who would have thought that tiny little baby lying
in a hay holder (the original King Size Bed) was destined to be the Light of
the World. Our Savior. God in the Flesh. The King of Kings. And
He wants to give us the Light of Life. Although He never promised we’d be great
photographers, nothing we can ever go through will ever be bigger than He is.
That's very good to know when Christmas Eve is minutes away, you still have 45 presents to wrap, 19 sewing projects to do and
the sewing machine won’t work, a Christmas blog post to write, laundry to be done, and you have the FLU, not to mention if you’ve watched anything on the news
lately. He’s bigger than all of it, and I’m not worried (much).
We want to wish you all a very enlightened Christmas
and coming New Year. And, if you’re into
that sort of thing, try your hand at learning how to use Light to create better
pictures. But, a much more important thing to learn is how to use The Light of the World for the life that you were created to live, because If you mess that up you’re likely to have much
bigger problems than embarrassing your grandchildren.
Merry Christmas!
There will be family pictures of our Christmas celebration in the next few days when we are all together.
If you're interested in what
we've been up to this year, just click on the blog title at the top or
look in the blog archive on the right.
