The other afternoon there was a
stunning sunset taking place. I reached for my camera and did my best to
capture the God moment before it disappeared.
I became frustrated trying to snap pictures of the beauty in between all
the houses around me. I felt uncertain
that I captured anything I would be pleased with or would do justice to the
real thing. I wished I had noticed the sunset happening earlier so I could have
driven to a better location with an unimpeded view. I was so doubtful, I simply
put my camera away and didn’t even care to look at the pictures at that moment. Subsequently, I forgot I had even taken them.
This morning, I woke up feeling
mopey and defeated about some of the ventures I want to accomplish in my life and
feeling like I’m not ever getting anything really worthwhile done. The daily stuff of life seems to always be sucking
all my time, and/or I don’t manage my time as well as I should. And I wondered if I was even meant to successfully
accomplish the things that are on my heart to do. The little steps I take here and there don’t
seem to amount to much.
After my defeatist feelings
morning, I sat down and uploaded the images of the sunset to my computer, and I
was stunned. They turned out
beautifully! In spite of the obstacles
of houses and buildings that had been in my way, I had managed to take these
amazing photos of the sky and some of them even included the mountain
range. Wow! I had doubted that my efforts had produced
anything worthwhile, and it was proven to me otherwise. I realized there was a lesson for me to take
to heart.
In spite of the obstacles constantly
before us, we accomplish great things with small steps even when success is not
immediately evident to us. Our only
failures will be in not trying at all or in completely giving up on the longings
God has placed upon our hearts.
May I remember this again and
again.
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