What do we do with the "in between" Times?

Landscape photographers love to shoot at two times during the day.  They get up very early, arrive at a location before sunrise, and wait for the magic to hopefully happen.  Or, they hang around until the end of the daylight, that wonderful, warm, glowing time of twilight.

Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean, Nags Head, North Carolina

Photographs made at sunrise and sunset can be phenomenal. Experiencing either can be a very uplifting moment.  Life is like that too for Christians.  Many start and end each day with prayer and reflection on Spititual matters.  But, in photography and in life, what do we do with the rest of the day, those moments in between the beginning and the end.

Half Dome Sunset, Yosemite National Park, California

Photographers often spend that time processing their images. To process my photographs I use a program with sub menus that will affect different parts of the picture.  Here are some of those sub categories and how they might speak to how I should be using each day in my life:

Exposure -- How/Who am I exposing to a life in Christ?

Contrast -- Does my life contrast with the world's way?

Highlights -- What are the highlights of my day?  Do I recognize them all, and give credit to the One who placed them there for me?

Shadows -- What is lurking the shadows of my life that I try to hide from everyone? And, more importantly, how am I cleaning out those shadowy behaviors?

Clarity -- Does my life have a clear purpose?

As usual, I have work to do!  Have a good day and make the most of the in between times!

Therefore be careful how you walk,

not as unwise men but as wise,

Ephesians 5: 15