07/15/17 FIRST TAKE IS BETTER THAN RE-TAKE

07/15/17 FIRST TAKE IS BETTER THAN RE-TAKE

MY EXAMPLE
I take a lot of video footage. My ION action camera makes it easy to do. I can capture really great moments with the quick flick of the button. However, I end up with a lot of footage that is not exciting or necessarily worth saving.

Sometimes I miss really good shots because of failure (usually mine), and occasionally I get the shot right after the action is over. GRRRR. Sometimes I get the action shot, but there might be collateral distractions, which require editing. Even when I get the shot I want, I have to edit out the extraneous material. IT TAKES TIME.

I try to think ahead or I try to see the shot from a "finished" point of view. This way I can capture the moment and save myself some time in the editing phase.

MY POINT
We should live our lives with alertness and purpose. We should live the moment with eternity in view. We should avoid the distracting and unwanted scenes of life, while we are living in the moment.

This can be accomplished by following the leading of the Holy Spirit and by exercising self control, which is the Fruit of the Spirit. In fact, the best moments in life are the moments lived in the light and power of the Spirit of God.

We are going to make mistakes, we are going to have those moments that we regret. We don't have to have the dark moments of sin, and we can limit some of our extraneous "footage" by being sensitive and responsive to God. It really is better to get a good FIRST TAKE, because sometimes we don't get to do a RE-TAKE.