My Journey’s My Own

A Devotional

Sitting in a cafe with your best friend, having the best laugh of your life, sipping wine or coffee and sharing secrets. 

Pushing your grandchild on the swings in the park, listening to the birds and other children giggling.

Taking in the sunset with your true love from the mountain top in the cool summer breeze.

Snippets of time that you’ll never get back. Moments that are fleeting. Moments to remember.

Take the photo…..all the photos…..at every opportunity!

Memories like these deserve to be kept forever and thankfully we live in the digital age. The beautiful age where nothing is ever erased if it’s posted online. Of course, this is not a requirement for preservation. However I would suggest some kind of online storage just for safekeeping. http://www.shutterfly.com or http://www.googlephotos.com

Taking these moments in is vital. Because as we all know, life is short. Children are little for what feels like seconds, then they’re snarky teens. Then there’s dances and graduation, weddings and babies. 

All of the moments that make up our lives. But the big moments will always be cataloged in some way. It’s the little moments that we really need to focus on. The ones that shape who our children become. Who we become. 

When we all come to the end of this life it will not matter what we made or where we lived, but how we lived and who we loved. And the photos that we leave behind of those moments are the evidence of that love. 

When I lost my parents in 2015 I was gifted their photos. Being our family historian, this was very appropriate. I’m also the youngest of the family, and I was the whoops baby. I was born when my parents were 38. They were also born to their parents later in life, so most of their photos are black and white. My childhood photos (of which there are few) are in color. My kids photos are a mixture of high quality 35 mm photos and digital photos. All of which are gold to me. 

When Jesus walked this earth clearly, photography wasn’t a thing. Thankfully writing was. This is how we know what we know about that time. Along with the great painters of the time, we have some visual representations too. Preservation was a lot more time consuming then than now. 

Take the photo…..all the photos…..at every opportunity!

Oh! And don’t forget to get in front of the camera (phone) as often as possible too. The kids will want to see your face when they’re reminiscing one day.

Actions/Questions

Going forward today try to find some small things to document, filter free. (or use a filter, you do you!)

If all your current photos are on your phone, find an online storage service and upload them for safety. (I use google photos and Shutterfly.)

Take a selfie with the person of your choice, doing something completely insignificant. 

Verse

“Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.” 1 Cor 11:25