So I’m in the process of making the movie of my life. In fact, we all are. It’s my prayer that God is the director but that may not be where you are right now. But since this is my blog, I want to share my movie. The first 25 years or so were about me and a lot of other bit actors like parents, brothers, a sister, and other various humans. We all interacted, grew, changed and moved in and out of each other’s lives.

In 1984 KT joined my movie and it became our movie. We’ve been making it now for over 30 years. We’ve added our own bit actors and have joined with others in the making of their movie. It has been a busy 30 years for us. Sometimes we heard God saying “cut, print it” and sometimes not. I would call those times Snap Shots. We stop and assess where we are and where we need to go. What do we film next?

We are currently enjoying one of those snap shots. We’ve been in Maine for 7 days and it has been restful and beautiful. God painted this part of the world with an amazing pallette of colors and beauty. But even in the midst of a snap shot , we’ve been able to make some mini movies. We made one on Sunday afternoon. After a great worship service we went on another hike. It was every bit as difficult as the first one we went on yet different. When hiking in Maine one walks on tree roots or rocks or both. In Colorado we have trails that have switchbacks. Not so in Maine. The trails here go straight up (or so it seems). In the past some very rugged souls installed rocks for steps which make it “nice” for going up but hard on the joints coming down. When all was said and done, it was an enjoyable movie in the midst of our snap shot.

One thing I have noticed about these snap shots is that they can be deceiving. We have been blessed with beautiful weather and colors. Very few bugs and other critters. But it’s a lie. The current picture is not the entire story. We spent the night in Greenville, Maine.Greenville has averaged 120″ of snow since 1981. Then the black flies come out for two months in May and June. Oh yeah , I forgot about the -30 degree temps in January.

So while Snap Shots are a wonderful  respite from the movie, don’t get stuck there. Get back to the movie.

Thanks for perusing,

Gary