{"id":7423,"date":"2013-01-23T21:21:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2013-01-24T00:27:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T00:27:23","slug":"i-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7423","title":{"rendered":"I thought…….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thinking about life on the drive home from Atlanta last night I came to some interesting thoughts. I thought about just how much God has blessed my life, about how much I love my partner and wife, how much I’ve enjoyed my children and now what a great pleasure it is to have 6 \u00a0fantastic grandchildren. \u00a0Then I thought about what as great time Jim and I along with Snake, Chuck, Scott, Matt and RC have had doing the workshops and sharing our faith!<\/p>\n

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Then I thought about how much I’ve enjoyed the great people of Nikon that have become such good friends, and how many wonderful customers I’ve worked with. \u00a0Then I thought about just how much more fun I’m having as a photographer than ever before! \u00a0I started thinking about all the great plans I have for this year, and next year, and hopefully the year after that! \u00a0I can’t wait to see Tuscany with Sherelene, and hit some more great beaches with her, and then watch each year as my grandchildren grow older.<\/p>\n

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I can’t wait to share God’s unbelievable love with others, to encourage \u00a0people He places in my path to trust Him and let Him change their lives forever. \u00a0I thought about how the simplest pleasures in life hold such a \u00a0strong attraction! \u00a0Sitting by the fire place on a cold winter’s night, reading a great book, and studying His Word.<\/p>\n

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I thought about how honored I felt to have Charles Stanley come to the booth in Atlanta and gave me a hug, and then to get a hardy handshake from Donn Jones, (the Tennessee Titans photographer), \u00a0and my dear brother Nick Coury. \u00a0I thought what good friends Scott Diussa, and Bill Pekala, Paul Van Allen, and all the “youngsters” at Nikon have become!<\/p>\n

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I thought most of all how unbelievable is is that one man, the most important man in history, came to earth, and died for me, so t hat I might be forgiven of my sins. \u00a0I thought all of this is not possible, for a man like me that deserves so little, but has been given so much.<\/p>\n

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I then drove in my driveway, hugged and kissed Sherelene, \u00a0and then set quietly by the fire and thought some more……<\/p>\n

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A blessed man,<\/p>\n

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

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