In The Twinklin Of An Eye...

The days of loading film in darkened rooms, scrolling through to the first available frame, and making sure there were enough flashbulbs at the ready have faded along with some of our treasured photographs.

Even rolls of 36 exposures came up short at the most inopportune times. Precious shots of our children would have to exist only in our memories. Some of my film had been tucked away so long, the required technology for developing it had long since disappeared.

Now a plastic insert about the size of a flattened Chic-let stores a seemingly inexhaustible amount of photos. However, once those hundreds and hundreds of shots have been taken, the pictures are simply downloaded from the camera and uploaded to a PC, iPad, iPod, CD, DVD, or the local discount house for developing. Then that remarkable little Chic-let is ready for the next 750 - 1000 shots of the objects of our affection.

"Let me show you my grandchildren" could lead to a triple feature complete with sodas and pop corn. All a proud grandparent needs is a camera that can be cleverly concealed in his palm until the first opportunity to shanghai, er . . .share with another grandparent who could be equally armed with mini life stories.

Then there's Facebook, Myspace, and You Tube to name a few. I love signing into my personal space of choice and immediately seeing the daily shots of my youngest grandson in his new sandbox or sitting in a bubble bath with bubble beards and hats - and a smile that would light a small city. Videos of my oldest grandson marching in formation with his high school band on a beautiful fall afternoon can be recorded and shared via phone or computer in a matter of moments.

As fast as these images flash before our eyes, there is one more Face that will suddenly appear. A moment in time that will be captured world-wide in a nano second. No need to be armed with cameras or video equipment to snap this event.

Those who are in the eternal family album called the Book of Life will be gone before the rest of the world can blink. The unfortunate non-believers won't even see this most incredible moment in history. All they will have left of loved ones who disappeared without notice will be their photos and the reality that the faith of Christian relatives and friends was not misplaced after all.

Which family album will you choose? The one with your name inscribed in the Lamb's Book of Life for eternity, or a family album that is destined to be destroyed by fire?

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