017 – JANUARY 2005
HOPE FOR TOMORROW
PS 30:5 “… WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I ENJOY FOR MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT IS TO PHOTOGRAPH STREET AND HOMELESS PEOPLE. … AND THEN TALK WITH THEM AFTER TO FIND THEIR “STORY”.
I ONCE TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF A HOMELESS MAN LYING ON A PARK BENCH. HE WAS INDEED QUITE MISERABLE AND I FELT A PARTICULAR UNEASINESS WHEN I VIEWED THE IMAGE. I WAS ABOUT TO ELIMINATE IT FROM MY FILES WHEN I DECIDE TO ADD SOME SUN STREAMS FROM THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. I TITLED THE PHOTOGRAPH “HOPE FOR TOMORROW” AND I NOW HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THIS IMAGE.
1 PETER 3:15 “… AND BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU …”
WITHOUT “HOPE”, LIFE CAN BE QUITE EMPTY. IN TODAY’S WORLD, ESPECIALLY, THERE IS A PRESSING NEED FOR HOPE.
HEBREWS 6:19 “WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST …”
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD DESIGNED THE NIGHT AND THE DAY PRIMARILY AS A REMINDER TO EACH OF US THAT HE IS A GOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS. HAVE YOU EVER AWOKE TO FIND THE ISSUE, THAT WAS SO PRESSING JUST 8 HOURS EARLIER, TO BE NOT SO IMPORTANT AFTER ALL? IT’S A NATURAL LAW THAT THROUGH THIS SLUMBER TIME OF SOUL REST, HE IS ABLE TO EASE THE STRIFE OF LIFE AND ESTABLISH HOPE IN IT’S PLACE.
WONDERFULLY, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF YESTERDAY SEEM TO BE LIGHTENED, IF NOT VANISHED. THE REGRETS, THE STRUGGLES, THE GRIEFS, AND THE CONFLICTS SEEM TO SOFTEN AND YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE, WITH RESTORED NEW EYES, THE GLORY OF YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST.
BY GOD’S GRACE, I AWAKE EACH MORNING WITH A FRESH HOPE FOR THE NEW DAY … THE NEW BEGINNING. I IMMEDIATELY SAY “GOOD MORNING LORD” AND I ASK “ WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR ME TODAY?”
EACH DAY BECOMES A KINGDOM ADVENTURE. I REMIND MYSELF THAT MY PURPOSE FOR LIVING IS TO LOVE AND TO SERVE AND I ASK HIS HELP TO FULFILL THIS PURPOSE.
PS 5:3 “MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE AND WILL LOOK UP.”
THINK ABOUT IT. EVERY MORNING SHOULD BE A REMINDER OF HOPE AND A REMINDER THAT, AS YOU VIEW THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU ARE ALSO A MESSENGER OF THAT HOPE.
IT IS BY HIS DESIGN AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT.
READ THIS AGAIN BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT. PRAY FOR OTHERS AS YOU FALL ASLEEP AND, NO MATTER WHAT BATTLES THIS DAY HAS BROUGHT, WHEN YOU AWAKE TOMORROW – LAY HOLD OF GOD’S LOVE AND HOPE. RECEIVE HIS GRACE AND SAY “GOOD MORNING LORD! WHAT DO HAVE IN STORE FOR ME TODAY?”
HOPE FOR TOMORROW
PS 30:5 “… WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I ENJOY FOR MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT IS TO PHOTOGRAPH STREET AND HOMELESS PEOPLE. … AND THEN TALK WITH THEM AFTER TO FIND THEIR “STORY”.
I ONCE TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF A HOMELESS MAN LYING ON A PARK BENCH. HE WAS INDEED QUITE MISERABLE AND I FELT A PARTICULAR UNEASINESS WHEN I VIEWED THE IMAGE. I WAS ABOUT TO ELIMINATE IT FROM MY FILES WHEN I DECIDE TO ADD SOME SUN STREAMS FROM THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. I TITLED THE PHOTOGRAPH “HOPE FOR TOMORROW” AND I NOW HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THIS IMAGE.
1 PETER 3:15 “… AND BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU …”
WITHOUT “HOPE”, LIFE CAN BE QUITE EMPTY. IN TODAY’S WORLD, ESPECIALLY, THERE IS A PRESSING NEED FOR HOPE.
HEBREWS 6:19 “WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST …”
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD DESIGNED THE NIGHT AND THE DAY PRIMARILY AS A REMINDER TO EACH OF US THAT HE IS A GOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS. HAVE YOU EVER AWOKE TO FIND THE ISSUE, THAT WAS SO PRESSING JUST 8 HOURS EARLIER, TO BE NOT SO IMPORTANT AFTER ALL? IT’S A NATURAL LAW THAT THROUGH THIS SLUMBER TIME OF SOUL REST, HE IS ABLE TO EASE THE STRIFE OF LIFE AND ESTABLISH HOPE IN IT’S PLACE.
WONDERFULLY, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF YESTERDAY SEEM TO BE LIGHTENED, IF NOT VANISHED. THE REGRETS, THE STRUGGLES, THE GRIEFS, AND THE CONFLICTS SEEM TO SOFTEN AND YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE, WITH RESTORED NEW EYES, THE GLORY OF YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST.
BY GOD’S GRACE, I AWAKE EACH MORNING WITH A FRESH HOPE FOR THE NEW DAY … THE NEW BEGINNING. I IMMEDIATELY SAY “GOOD MORNING LORD” AND I ASK “ WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR ME TODAY?”
EACH DAY BECOMES A KINGDOM ADVENTURE. I REMIND MYSELF THAT MY PURPOSE FOR LIVING IS TO LOVE AND TO SERVE AND I ASK HIS HELP TO FULFILL THIS PURPOSE.
PS 5:3 “MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE AND WILL LOOK UP.”
THINK ABOUT IT. EVERY MORNING SHOULD BE A REMINDER OF HOPE AND A REMINDER THAT, AS YOU VIEW THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU ARE ALSO A MESSENGER OF THAT HOPE.
IT IS BY HIS DESIGN AND I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT.
READ THIS AGAIN BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT. PRAY FOR OTHERS AS YOU FALL ASLEEP AND, NO MATTER WHAT BATTLES THIS DAY HAS BROUGHT, WHEN YOU AWAKE TOMORROW – LAY HOLD OF GOD’S LOVE AND HOPE. RECEIVE HIS GRACE AND SAY “GOOD MORNING LORD! WHAT DO HAVE IN STORE FOR ME TODAY?”
