Fixing what’s broken

I don’t deserve the kind of friends and family that I have, but yet I have them and you, it must be grace. Grace is unmerited favor, I sure have gotten a lot of that. I wanted to let you know that you are also mighty prayer warriors as well. Got a call from my wife an hour ago, she said my cardiologist has called with yesterday test results. Her simple answer was, “you passed.” Apparently they could find nothing to be concerned about, except my looks, and that is far more complicated medical issue to fix. No, the scans and test revealed no significant blockage, and a good strong, albeit old heart. So thank you so much for your prayers, only God knows what kind of shape I was in before the praying started. Suffice to say, I’m indebted for your kindness.

As a tech rep I get constant calls and emails from customers seeking help with repairs. My advice is always the same, send it to a good repair facility, that stocks the necessary parts to get the camera or lens back into like new condition. Fixing broken people is not the same. It seams that some of the reasons we don’t function the way we should is a lack of the right parts. It has been said, and I believe it’s true, that man has a big empty space in side, it’s the shape of God. Nothing else will fill it and nothing else will help us to perform and live as we should. We can deny that we have the hole, but that doesn’t make it go away. We can try to fill it with material possessions, but they will never be enough to fill the hole. We can medicate ourselves, and fill it with alcohol, but that won’t fill it either. Maybe the most dangerous thing we an do is try to do it all ourselves, fill that hole with self, that certainly doesn’t work, trust me on this one, I know.

No, we all need God in our lives, we need His love, no one loves us more. We need His forgiveness, He forgives when no one else will. We need His strength, we aren’t strong enough to face this life alone. We need His fellowship, no one wants to be our friend as much as He does. We need to believe in Him and worship Him. What out there is more worthy of our love and devotion than He is? We need to fill that God shaped hole with God.

I’m glad to mark one more thing off my list, that might have taken me away from this life, but I’m not thrilled to keep living, just to keep being alive. I’m glad because I’ve been given a few more days, weeks, months, or years, to live for Him. I was never alone, and I haven’t been for along time.

the pilgrim

*Photo Note: D7000 and 24-120 AF-S VR. Shot in Kanab, UT, standing with some of my best shooting buddies.