Hello
and welcome to some Trench Truth I received from July 4th! :)
This evening I was
able to grab the camera, get out the door and grab some great shots of
fireworks. I like to challenge myself to get shots in different styles and
quality. As I was snapping the pictures, I felt like they were not that great,
and I was a little saddened that they were not turning out as good as I wanted
them. But just being out in the cool air and seeing the night sky light up sent
the sadness scattering and in its place came this feeling of freedom. You see,
I isolate a lot. I have social phobias and anxiety and it can really affect me
very deeply. So I just wanted to enjoy my time out.
I had a busy four-
lane road behind me, and just as I settled down and started really enjoying
myself, a car laid on the horn and instantly my anxiety took off. I turned
around to see these young kids just finish running across the street and a
woman leaned out the window and started screaming at them. She was quite rude,
but there were people everywhere. I really wanted to tell the woman off, but
something in me encouraged me to turn around and just get back behind my
camera.
At that very moment I
squeezed off the shot I am sharing with all of you. A green firework went off
just before another one did and I squeezed the trigger at just the right millisecond.
It was as if I got that love from above. I relish in the thought that I was
blessed to catch this. I could have easily had missed it if I was concerned
with confronting some rude person who was mad because they are caught in
traffic on a busy road.
I cannot help but
wonder how many times in life that I might have very well missed something so
beautiful because I was consumed by anger or perhaps confrontation. I think at
these moments maybe God is trying to work a little harder to show us something
to steer us away from an incident, and we as humans let our emotions overtake
us.
I challenge all of you
as I am challenging myself at the next fork in the road where you can either
scream at someone or look for something beautiful that maybe God might be
showing you in that millisecond. Grab that moment... Squeeze the trigger and
capture it. It might be a little love from above.
Much love
everyone...
~John
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