Hey y'all! As most of you know, I'm in East Texas at Mercy Ships International Operations Center (
IOC) going through training, which involves both classroom time and then later basic safety training..
yeehaw!
We've already learned a lot in the last week. We've learned about each other and our various backgrounds. More about the God
we serve and how our view of Him (which is affected by many various things like family, media, the Bible, culture, etc) affects how we represent Him in our lives. I'll blog about that again soon but what i really wanted to share was what we heard during a Sunday worship service at a nearby church. During the song service, they stopped briefly on a winter scene...there was snow falling and it looked so peaceful. The pastor then began to explain how that image is captured, by explaining the basics of how a camera operates. (I admit these may not be in perfect order but hopefully you get the basic idea ;)
First it has to FOCUS...
the shutter has to OPEN, allowing light to come in....
this involves a period of
WAITing...
finally, everything is in place and it can absorb the image.
The pastor related this operation to us and God.
When we focus on Him, open our hearts, and wait, allowing the Holy Spirit to shine His light on us, it help us absorb what He is trying to communicate to us and get a more clear image of what He's doing and our part in it.
He said more, and I could go on & on...but it really spoke to me and I hope you as well. My prayer is that during this time of training and somewhat peace, I will be able to apply these lessons. This is my prayer for you also, wherever you are!! I'd love to hear from you and your thoughts on this..or any subject really ;)
Love y'all!
The group i'm learning and training with here in Texas before returning to the ship in February!!
