{"id":8335,"date":"2013-05-27T14:02:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T14:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2013-05-27T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T14:08:58","slug":"memorial-day-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8335","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Thoughts….."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yesterday in church my pastier gave a history of Memorial Day. \u00a0It started shortly after the Civil War as Decoration Day when families remembered those lost in the Civil War. \u00a0He then went on to talk about calling the roll of believers and Paul’s remembering those close to Him. \u00a0The last thing that happened was a service where family members were allowed to come to the alter and light a candle for those that have passed on. \u00a0As we went down to light a candle a beautiful song played and pictures of church members that have gone to be with the Lord showed on our screens above the pulpit. \u00a0It was bitter sweet for me, as I’ve known many of those kind faces for over three decades, and a few died while I was traveling, and I didn’t even know they were gone!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That was upsetting for me, not for them, they are the lucky ones, at eternal rest with our Heavenly Father. \u00a0But their earthly lives are over and all that goes with it here on earth. \u00a0It made me think a lot about those that are passed from my life, and how much I owe them for the love and wisdom they bestowed on me. \u00a0It also made me realize that while I have no fear of death, I want to make the most of the time I have left here! \u00a0So, how to do that?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Start every day asking Him how I can serve Him,, Honor Him, and share His love.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Reminding myself, \u00a0everyday, that it is not what I take that matters on this earth, it’s what I leave.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Conduct my self \u00a0with my family and friends so that they will know how much I love them, and how much He loves them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Enjoy the riches God has provided in this life! \u00a0(Family, friends, this wonderful earth to explore and photograph!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To those ends, I love to run workshops, and be in-the-field with you guys, so here are the last two listings for 2013!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blessings,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the pilgrim<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jackgrahamphoto.com\/death-valley-national-park-bill-fortney-4-full-days<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember to read these image more clearly you can click on them, to enlarge them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday in church my pastier gave a history of Memorial Day. \u00a0It started shortly after the Civil War as Decoration Day when families remembered those lost in the Civil War. \u00a0He then went on to talk about calling the roll of believers and Paul’s remembering those close to Him. \u00a0The last thing that happened was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8342,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}