This morning I heard a song I have never heard before, Before the Morning, by Josh Wilson. There is a line in that song that has really stuck with me, and in fact, is the title of the album, “life is not a snapshot, it might take a little time but you’ll see the bigger picture.”
A snapshot is just that – a snap shot – a split second in time. It is not life defining. As followers in the Way, we live with the big picture in mind – or at least we should. Whatever you are experiencing today is temporary. Life ebbs and flows. Some days are better than others.
So if you have been living in the shadow of suffering, hang in there, it very well could be the darkness before the dawn. Another line in the same song speaks to this: “the pain you’ve been feeling can’t compare to the joy that’s coming.”
Dare to believe – the snapshot you are living today is just a moment in time – there is more. God is going to do something amazing today, you just watch!
Clay in the Hands 
wow! letting those words sink in. thanks brian, i really needed this today.