Over the Memorial Day weekend, I took it upon myself to begin scanning the thousands of old family photos that are at my parents' house. Some of these photos are as old as me, and they have begun to fade. I've been meaning to scan these photos for the longest time, but never really wanted to manually scan photos one by one. However, scanners that have automatic photo feeders are over $200 so I figure I'd just start manually scanning and then if I really feel the need to get an automatic scanner I'll just pony up the money.

Well, I was determined to scan as many as possible, so over the weekend I scanned close to 600 photos! Though that may seem like a lot, it is a mere fraction of the thousands of photos that have been collected over the past 30 years. This is due to having a photographer as a grandfather. Because of that, I also have only a handful of photos that my grandfather was actually in, and so I do treasure those even more.

But it has been beneficial for me to look back at these old photos. I look at the love and care of my parents and grandparents as they took care of me as a baby till now. It has been a reminder of God's grace afforded to me through Christ. To have family that loves me and provides for me, even now as they pay for my wedding, that is undeserved grace. It humbles me because so often I complain in my heart about what I do not have, when I have been provided with so much from birth. I should be joyful for all that I have currently. I am.