Photos and Pain

Hey everyone. This is just a quick entry to let yall know of some new photos I shot a week or so ago. During the Labor Day weekend, I went with some folks from Grace Street over to the Boston Harbor Islands to go camping for a few days. It was a blast, and you can see the photos here, along with a few of my favorites:

Grace Street Camping
 
 
 

These past couple of weeks have been some of the hardest in recent memory. A lot of old issues coming up again, along with some new ones. Even though at times I just want to crawl under a rock and die, it's been a really good thing. Earlier this summer, I was praying and asking God that He would reveal issues in my character and humble me. And I knew what it would mean a the time I prayed it.

There are three basic answers from God about our prayers that I can think of:

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Wait.

Sometimes the hardest of the three is #3. But I think the prayer, "God humble me," is one of those that you'll always get #1 as your answer. And it's happens to be the hardest. :) Anyone else have a similar experience with that prayer?

When you give it to God, pain turns into character and eventually hope.

I am lucky enough to spend a lot of time with NR, and elder from Grace Street. He was talking about marriage, and how people stay together. He said that when things are really rough, just one single memory of a moment of real connection is enough to weather whatever they're going through. I've just been thinking a lot about that lately, and how the idea affects all my relationships. God, community, family, everything.

One moment of real connection can go a long way.

Entry posted by byscuits at 02:15 PM | Comments (1)