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Bear Creek Regional Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Surf images on the internet and you will find plenty of pictures where photographers took pics of their shadows. I'm no different. This is not the only picture that I've taken of my shadow and it probably won't be the last.
What's the appeal of taking pictures of our shadows? The appeal might be that they constantly change as they casts themselves in different places and on different surfaces. Every shadow gives us a different perspective of ourselves.
"We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it." Psalm 39:6 New Living Translation
Now that's a zinger.
This might not be the perspective we want, a shadow that reveals our rushing about, pursuing the almighty dollar, a higher lifestyle or fame, and then in a moment everything we've worked for is handed over to another person.
However, there is another shadow we need to see in this picture, and that is the shadow of the cross. The shadow of the cross covers our shadows no matter what shape they take, no matter how selfish or ambitious we are.
We might even say that it is the shadow of the cross that shapes our shadows. It is Christ who shapes our lives so that we cast our shadows where he desires them to land. And where he desires our shadows to land will be ours for eternity.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014Douglas P. Brauner. ARR
What's the appeal of taking pictures of our shadows? The appeal might be that they constantly change as they casts themselves in different places and on different surfaces. Every shadow gives us a different perspective of ourselves.
"We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it." Psalm 39:6 New Living Translation
Now that's a zinger.
This might not be the perspective we want, a shadow that reveals our rushing about, pursuing the almighty dollar, a higher lifestyle or fame, and then in a moment everything we've worked for is handed over to another person.
However, there is another shadow we need to see in this picture, and that is the shadow of the cross. The shadow of the cross covers our shadows no matter what shape they take, no matter how selfish or ambitious we are.
We might even say that it is the shadow of the cross that shapes our shadows. It is Christ who shapes our lives so that we cast our shadows where he desires them to land. And where he desires our shadows to land will be ours for eternity.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
(Click on picture to enlarge.)
Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014
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