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Saturday, January 14, 2012



To blog or not to blog, that has been my question. From that question I have been led to many other questions. Ones like... What to blog? How to blog? Why? Seem like pretty generic questions in retrospect. But I have often struggled with keeping journals and composing my messy thoughts. Why would this round be any different? Well, I tell myself, do you want to be able to spend more time with you family? Yes, of course! My internal thoughts then remind me that I can't create more time, but maybe someday this new path I find myself on may lead to things that may allow that to happen. With this inner contemplation in mind I begin. 






Who am I? My name is April Elizabeth Wilder. I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a wife. I am a mother. I am a sister. I am a friend. I am a photographer. All of what I am revolves around relationships. I have learned in my short life that without relationships you have nothing. Most importantly without Christ many of the relationships I hold dear would be meaningless. He gives meaning to life, to love... to everything. And I am grateful for a Creator that would sacrifice so much for me. I often struggle with sharing how blessed I feel to others. I try to think through my words and use them wisely. Sometimes I think to long... and my opportunity seems to pass. I think photography has been a gift in which the Lord has allowed me to show some of His awe inspiring creation. I have been blessed to have many people ask me to capture images of themselves or their families. An honor I pray to repay by offering each person images of the time we spent together. Ones that to my eye, show the beauty God has knit into each and every one of us. 




I don't believe this blog will remain only photos. Or reflections of my time together with people from my photo sessions. I believe it is intended to do much more. I believe it is a tool for me to show the world more closely the beauty the Lord has worked into each of our lives. Beauty in the world around us, beauty in the Words He has written and beauty in the people around us. With that, let this adventure begin. I look forward to where it may lead. Who I am to become in Him. Care to join me?









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