endurance + workshop announcement

This past season of my life has been challenging. Learning to lean on God's truth and leaving behind everything else behind has been hard. I am not at all saying that I won't ever struggle with choosing His truth again, but it has become more natural... kind of like a reflex. I am thankful for this season of endurance because the reward, this deeper relationship with the King is worth everything. So many times I just wanted to ask God to make it all go away and so many times I did ask HIm, but He is good. And because of His goodness, I taste the sweetness of the reward which is in Him. and I am thankful for every tear and every ache which pulled me even closer to Him.

Today, I will praise Him with all my heart and lift my eyes to Him. Because He Is.

p.s. beginner's workshop in a few weeks! email me for the details (jordan@jordanbrittley.com).

A Workshop Experience

I started this blog (actually my dad started it for me...talk about support!!!) in 2008. My parents were always so supportive of anything that I wanted to do...but they always encouraged me to seek the Lord in all things. As a child, I didn't really understand what this meant, but I knew that it was important because, well, my parents said it was important. I used to have a soccer poster in my room that said "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as though working for the Lord and not for men." After taking my own senior pictures (with the help of family, friends, and a self-timer), I began to get requests to take pictures for other people.

Starting a business is a difficult process. Because you want to constantly improve and give  your client (who has become a dear friend) something that will inspire them. With every image I take, I am sending a message. And I want that message to hold the truth that God defines us. We are lovely because He has created us. We are worthy because He has redeemed us. We are joyful because of His love. We are called because of His goodness.

I want Him to be the source of inspiration for myself and for my clients.

This is what He has called me to do and because of His calling I smile. Because He blesses me. Because He is good to me. Because He has called me friend. and because I can live in this freedom which is mine in Him.

This freedom He has given us allows us to be united in love! BIIIIIG SMILE as I tell you about ShowIt. ShowIt is a community of photographers who come together to support each other and share ideas while making friends. A fellow showiteer, Katelyn James, is hosting a lovely workshop. Why attend a workshop, you ask? Workshops are for encouraging each other and being a light and getting connected to other photographers who you would have never known otherwise. Workshops are designed to unite and inspire photographers. and I want to do just this as I seek Him in my business.

thoughts and then more thoughts

today i had a thought that was followed by another thought. this typically happens, but for some reason these thoughts were more significant than the last thoughts.

with every piece of me, i want to tell the truth. it's not just that i don't want to believe lies or speak lies: i want to tell the truth to women. because it is something that we need to hear...because it's true! i want to live in this truth and own this truth and be refreshed daily by this truth. i want to defend the truth. because it's worth it. because He calls me to do it.

after a long day at the pursuit 31 workshop, i can't sleep. and it's definitely not the time change because i am writing this at midnight here, making it 2 in the morning in missouri. trust me, i don't adjust that quickly. i just keep thinking about the visions that God has given me for women and for myself. i keep thinking about it because it makes my heart joyful.

He moves in my heart with great joy to the point of tears. because He is good. because He is bigger. because He makes the impossible possible with His command. i am moved by Him. and i want so, so very much.