Snapshots of life
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. For me, they equal thousands of memories. I have always loved pictures, especially those of my family. On our piano, on our walls and throughout the house, there are pictures of members of our family. As our family continues to grow, we keep making new pictures to replace those that are now incomplete. Some of the old pictures, of my ancestors, my grandparents and parents who have gone into eternity also grace part of our house, and they keep their memories sharp and clear in our minds.
We also have albums of pictures, of all kinds of events and people of the past and present. They are useful when recalling memories and many of them have been called into service from time to time for special events, anniversaries, and sadly, sometimes funerals. However, many of our pictures are no longer stored in albums, but in various electronic mediums. We now have old 8mm movies and VHS tapes made into DVDs and put on flash drives. Some have been saved and stored onto computer devices or in remote storage such as the cloud. I still have old negatives to be used should pictures be lost in a storm or fire. Pictures are priceless and bring us joy to look at from time to time.
However, before cameras, there were paintings and drawings. I have some old drawings of some of my ancestors. They are not as good as a photograph, but they are a close resemblance to them. While I never saw my great-great grandfather after whom I was named, it is nice to know what he looked like.
We just celebrated Easter, and it was a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus, who suffered and died, was buried but who rose again. We don’t know what Jesus really looked like, although if the Shroud of Turin is real, then we do have an image on cloth that through modern technology gives us a way to reproduce his likeness in picture and sculpture. I digress. What is really important about Jesus, is He is the “icon” (Greek word for image) of God. We know what God is like, because of Jesus. He said, “When you have seen me, you have seen the Father.” Take time to take a closer look at Jesus in the New Testament. See Jesus. See God.
