It all started with a  conversation.  Jack Graham and I were riding around Northern Ohio a couple of weeks ago and the talk worked it’s around to committment.  Not everyone is as committed to anything as anyone else.  Level of commitment vary and it’s not fair to judge all students by the same standard.  It’s really not fair, but I confess, I’m guilty of it, sometimes.  So here is the deal.

 

When people get into photography, some get interested, some get excited, some get fully committed! I love that last group because that is what I am.  When I’m working with folks that really want to get great at this, it lights me up!  I understand that some folks have other things in their lives, a kinda admire that!  For me the best students are those that are really working hard at it.  I’ve always believed that a craft is something you live for, (aside from God), a talent you work hard at, you sand it and polish it every day!  You get as good as you can get, but the process is just as important, in fact more important, than the finished product!

 

In life if you are not committed to something worth more than yourself, your lost.  I am committed to my God, my family, my friends and the craft God has allowed me to practice and enjoy.

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

Wake up call?  That would be your call!

 

 

 

 

Our day today was all Zion and it was as spectacular as ever!  Lots of great stuff against the fabulous Red Rock!

 

 

 

 

More later when I get a decent internet connection!?&!%@$*%@!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Here you go, the rest of that day and today!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought, as I stood at the railing at  Bryce Canyon and watched God’s light show take place, how thrilled I am to be in his creation and how much I love and cherish our Creator!!!!

 

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

My dear friend Scotty Smith sends me prayers almost everyday that remind me of some area of my life that I need God to examine, and fix!!!!!  After a great season of His Light Workshops with Jim, a wonderful series of workshop with Jack Graham. the incredible start out Summit got off to, not to mention an incredible wife, and family to com home to, I’m so grateful and most of all to my Heavenly Father that has done more for me than I could ever even imagine repaying!!!

I loved this prayer form Scotty, I hope it blesses you to, and some shots form our Southwest Tour.

 

 

A Prayer for Rekindling Our Gratitude

    [The older son] was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, “Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!” And he said to him, “Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.”  Luke 15:28-31

    Dear heavenly Father, though I’d never boast about my “many years of serving you,” nor am I tempted to trust in my works for your favor; nevertheless, at times my ingratitude matches that of the older son. I stand convicted; but I do my best repenting, not by beating myself up, but by preaching the gospel to my own heart, so here goes.

    Father, you are constantly running to me in the gospel—inviting me, imploring me, pleading with me to get on the dance floor of your grace—to enjoy the music of reconciliation, to sing the songs of redemption, to make merry to the glory of God.

    You are constantly saying to my grumbling, complaining, discontented, self-righteous face, “My son, you’re always with me because I’m always with you. Nothing will ever separate you from my lavish love for you in Jesus. I greatly delight in you. I rejoice over you with singing. Everything I have is yours.

   All your sins are forgiven, including your ingratitude. I’ve declared you to be righteous in Jesus, and I’ve hidden your life in his. I’ve begun a good work in you and I will complete it. I’ve made you a co-heir of the new heaven and new earth. You’re destined for an eternity of perfect relationships and wholeness, in a perfect world where everything is perfect. Come, let us rejoice and be glad.”

    Hallelujah, many times over! Father, I repent of my whining, envy, and complaining; and I’ll seek to keep my ungratefulness at bay by consistently blasting my heart with the gospel. Thank you for your patience and kindness. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ peerless and praiseworthy name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blessings from a,

 

Grateful pilgrim