Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I'm not sure why I'm even blogging this, but it may reveal the way my mind works. The last chapter of next book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, is about lifesymbols. Lifesymbols are symbols from the past that give meaning to the present and direction to the future. They help us remember what God doesn't doesn't want us to forget. I have a shoebox full of lifesymbols. I have a few on my desk as well. One of my lifesymbols is a photograph of the cow pasture where I was called to ministry. It is my Damascus Road. So this week I saw a bunch of awesome photographs by an artist that is a master of shadows. They were ansel adams like. One of them was of a pasture that reminded me of the cow pasture in Alexandria, Minnesota. All of that is the say this. I want to find a professional photographer to take a picture of that cow pasture and I want to hang it in my office. I'm not sure how to do it, but I want to make that happen because I don't want to forget my roots. I don't want to forget what it was like as a teenager trying to figure out what God wanted me to do. I'd also like to do a pilgrimage back to that cow pasture later this year. I might be doing reconaissance at a church in Minnesota this summer so maybe I'll tag on a fieldtrip.