Some thoughts, lessons, and/or reflections from the day:
- The sky was clear once again as I headed to work and the beauty of the stars shining brightly through the crisp air was amazing.
- It was a rather cool drive today. Usually about halfway to work the truck finally warms up enough for the heater to work but today it didn’t seem to get warm . . . then as I pulled into the drive at work I realized the temperature control was still set on the coolest position after yesterday afternoon’s pleasant temperatures — oops.
- Sometimes when things aren’t what we know they should be, we would do well to examine what we might have done to change the outcome.
- It’s a Friday, so I headed into the day knowing it would be a long one and trying to set an appropriate pace in order to find the closest thing to balance as I can.
- As I went about the morning prayer, cleaning and building prep, my mind was filled with the song lyrics that go something like this: “I need Thee! O, I need Thee! Every hour I need Thee! Bless me now my Savior, I come to Thee!”
- I’m not sure there is a better way to begin a day than to acknowledge my need of Jesus in everything I do.
- As I had time, I continued work on my next devotional book with today’s writing finishing up the week focused on serving with gentleness and beginning a section about serving with honesty.
- I am scheduled to set up the prayer ministry display at another camp conference next week, so I selected two of my photos to have made into prints for the door prize giveaway at the conference. When I went to pick them up, the lady at the photo counter said she really liked them. 🙂
- By mid-afternoon I had finished one eight hour shift and headed out for a late lunch and a break until the building cleared out so I could get it cleaned for Sunday.
- During the break, we took a family trip to Potato Creek to look for the eagles and take a walk. The eagles did not make themselves known, but we did find some ducks, geese, swans, and a blue heron.
- After our walks, I dropped my family off at home and headed back to work to finish out the day. I had to work around some other things that were going on, but eventually the building cleared out and I was able to finish my work.
- Today’s photo is of the heron as it was fishing along the edge of the lake. It kept slowly crouching down and then just as I took this photo I could see the ripples on the surface of the water just out of reach as the intended meal swam away.
The photos as door prizes is brilliant! They are beautiful (the ones I’ve seen) and would make a perfect point of concentration for prayer or meditation.
Thank you! When I set up a display at various conferences, they like each person with a display to donate something for prize drawings they do to build interest in the exhibitors. Many give away Starbucks gift cards, but I decided to do something more personal — at least to me. For regional conferences I try to choose photos I’ve taken within the area most people would be attending from. I’ve always had a good response from people who see the photos displayed and from those who end up winning them.