{"id":3215,"date":"2011-10-05T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2011-10-05T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T18:17:55","slug":"unmerited-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=3215","title":{"rendered":"Unmerited Grace……."},"content":{"rendered":"

IMPORTANT NOTICE \u00a0 “How the Comments Section Works”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I just figured it out, the comment section to the new blogs have had me vexed. \u00a0Here is how it works; If you look above you will see two things circled in yellow. \u00a0the number to the right is the number of comments that have been made to this blog. \u00a0If you click the small symbol to the left of the number, it will bring up all comments and give you a box to make a comment. \u00a0I still haven’t figure out how to keep them open all the time, but I’m working on it!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>When I was packing \u00a0my duffle last night I was thinking about one of the last times I shot in Vermont and New Hampshire. \u00a0I remember it well, doing a workshop with my dear friend David Middleton. \u00a0We walked up into a stream in Vermont and shot the image featured here. \u00a0I can remember the peace of the moment like it was 15 minutes ago! \u00a0The sound of the stream the beauty of the fall color, and the rich golds of the rocks in the stream.<\/p>\n

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Shooting in a beautiful landscape \u00a0location is more than just a great subject, with great conditions, under perfect light, it’s also the ambiance of “being there”! \u00a0There is something about just the environment, the company and the moment that add up to such a great memory. \u00a0It is an immense honor to to have been a photographer for so many years shooting such wonderful scenes, in the company of such great people! \u00a0I don’t see it as something I have earned or that I deserve because of anything I’v e done, no I see it as a blessing. \u00a0 But, what is a blessing?<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0blessing<\/strong>, (also\u00a0used to\u00a0refer to bestowing\u00a0of\u00a0such) is\u00a0the\u00a0infusion\u00a0of something with\u00a0holiness<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0spiritual\u00a0redemption<\/span><\/a>, divine will, or one’s hope or approval.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I believe a blessing is God’s way of saying, “I love you so much, and I want to give you something that I know will bring you great joy!” \u00a0 \u00a0Why would God do such a thing??!! \u00a0Did we do something to merit such favor? \u00a0No, God’s love is unmerited, it is given free and clear of anything we have done to deserve it. \u00a0It has been said that as hard as we try, we can never understand the depth of God’s love, that in fact, God IS Love. \u00a0If God loved us so much that he gave His only Son that we might have eternal life, why wouldn’t He give us a cool afternoon by a beautiful stream in a magical place called New England.<\/p>\n

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It’s not only o.k., but quite proper, that we should be excited with anticipation when we know one of God’s blessings are on the way.<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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