His Light

One day, some time ago, I was photographing airplanes at daybreak. I came upon this Lockheed
12 and the morning light was just incredible, for the first time my understanding of His Light came full circle. I reached out and touched the bare metal and it was cold from the overnight chill,
but the light was warm and inviting.

It helped me to understand how majestically God’s love overcomes everything. While in my quiet time in my office this morning I listened to the radio broadcast of Focus On The Family. It was the third part of a three part series about a man that had been trapped in the ruble of a collapsed building in Haiti. I didn’t hear the first two parts, but the ending was very touching. It was the story of his feeling completely lost and forgotten, the despair that the rescuers would not find him. On several occasions people close to him were rescued, but they didn’t come for him, then he went through another long wait. He feared they had not passed on his location to the next shift of workers. He worried that he would never be rescued.

Many hours later a rescue worker lifted a slab of concrete that allowed the sunlight to peak through. When he saw that light, hope flooded in with that light. I started His Light Ministries because I too have been lost and far from any possible rescue, then I saw the Light, Jesus.
He rescued me, he pulled me from the broken pieces of my life, tenderly carried me away from the danger. He took a long time to just hold me, giving me reassurance that the rescue was real, that I truly had been saved, that I was safe.

Some people don’t like the word “saved”, they feel it is demeaning, that it implies that there is something they need to be saved from. Some people don’t believe they need to be saved, and this is the enemies greatest trick. If you were dying of thirst and were offered water, if you didn’t believe you were thirsty, you would refuse it. The lost are not only lost, they are deceived.

Here is a little test to help break the deception. Do you feel loved, at peace, and filled with undeniable joy, no matter what your circumstances may be? If you don’t, why would you refuse such a gift? Do I feel this peace and joy every moment of every day? No, life presents challenges, and sometimes it takes me a little while to remember that God is in control, that He has already saved me, and that He has a plan. When I remember that, I do experience that peace and joy, even in the midst of difficult circumstances. In the morning I’m flying down to San Antonio for Imaging USA. When I get on the plane the pilot will not call me up to the cockpit to review the flight plan, I don’t need that information, in fact if I had it, I might be concerned every time we turned, second guessing, was he going in the right direction? I’ve flown on hundreds of commercial flights and we always have ended up safely on the ground at the intended destination.
As it turns out the pilot doesn’t need my help, and God doesn’t need it either. If God needed my help, He wouldn’t be God. The best news is God is “never” delayed or diverted, God is in total control, always has been, always will be. If you trust the pilot, you surely can trust God!

As a photographer my craft depends on the light. As a person my very existence depends on
His Light.

the pilgrim

*Photo Note: D700, 70-300 AFS VR lens. Sun n’ Fun 2010. Nik Color Efex 3.0 Glamour Glow filter.
Yes, it looked just as spectacular without the filter………..