I was reading some favorite blogs and started thinking, "How is it that all these girls can blog so well with only their words? How is it that I can hardly get through a post without a photo or two?" and then of course along came... "I'm probably just that bad of a writer that my posts are no good without my photography, " which was ridiculous, I know.
Feelings of inadequacy are pretty typical with yours truly. But it's my problem more than anything else. I make generalizations- that everyone different from me is normal and I am the oddball. Sometimes it's because I'm forgetting that there are people like me too, sometimes it's because I am just looking for an excuse to indulge in self pity. Sometimes it's because I fail to realize that being the oddball doesn't mean being inadequate. Just because I don't blog my thoughts in words and words only doesn't make me an inadequate blogger. God has given me artistic talent. I see the beauty of creation and capture it through the camera lens in a way to magnify His handiwork.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
The way I see it: what could speak more than 12,719,616 square pixels of God's beautiful creation? That's how much you get every time the button clicks down on my mom's camera. A picture speaks more than words. A picture speaks of the glory, beauty, magnificence, perfection that none other than God can author.
Those feelings of inadequacy wash away. Instead of complaining and wishing I had that talent for crafting beauty through words, I should be praising God for the blessings He has poured out on me.
"The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world."
-Psalm 19:1-4
Dare I say you have a knack for writing as well. :) This is lovely. :)
ReplyDeleteAh, I love you. :)
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