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I've been amazed at how far my new Nokia p90 camera can zoom in and 

suprisingly take recognizable pictures! Love at first test drive! Man, 

I haven't even begun to explore all the many great functions on this 

nifty little camera! As I was drawn deeper and deeper into taking 

pictures of ostriches, zebras, guinea fowls and ducks I realized how 

my initial amazement  shifted from the wonder of my surroundings to 

the mechanical abilities of my new camera.

Isn't it true how easily we shift our focus on the object of our 

worship? Remember that day you tasted His goodness for the first time? 

The colours of the leaves, the stream of the morning sun through the 

window, the happy chirping of birds in the trees...all of it seemed to 

bear more purpose and shout of God's overpowering beauty. You were 

love sick, totally enamoured by Him, and nothing else mattered! 

Remember your first bible and all the rich discoveries emphatically 

underlined and noted in the margins of the gospels? What about all 

those geniune and sincere questions you had because you could not get 

enough of this Creator God? And then you joined a church with other 

lovers of God, who were better at it than you. You were suddenly 

overwhelmed by the imperfections in your own life. "How will I ever be 

holy?" you asked yourself.

This is the year to reclaim the wonder, to boast in the simplicity of 

the gospel again. This is the time to recapture the romance in our 

marriages, where it seems every sunset has been carved out just for 

the two of us. I plan to spend a little less energy on mowing the lawn 

on Saturdays and more on discovering the goggas in the grass with my 

boys. I want to laugh and play and explore the small miracles that God 

took the time to dream up.

Let's hold to Christ fiercely and cling lightly to our egos this year. 

We have nothing to lose but that which we never had to gain.

Luther