What if we just stopped…for a moment?

Getting this shot was as easy as pulling off the side of the road on my way down the hill from Idyllwild and pushing a button on my camera.

Capturing a moment may also be as simple as:

• Stop talking and listen for a while.
• Turn off the radio and talk to God on your commute.
• Squat down and get on a child’s eye level.
• Get up out of your chair and introduce yourself to someone new.

There are a number of opportunities I miss every day simply because I’m not willing to pull over and look beyond my own agenda.

What could you do differently today?

By the way, here’s what happened when Jesus took the time to notice a guy sitting in a tree:

“Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. ‘Zacchaeus!’ he said. ‘Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.’

Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. But the people were displeased. ‘He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,’ they grumbled.

Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!’

Jesus responded, ‘Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.’” (Luke 19:1-10 NLT)