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I have an old, fading snapshot sitting on my desk. Not sure how it got there. It’s a three inch by three inch picture from a long-ago December in 1969. I was thirteen, and my family was visiting relatives in Florida over our Christmas break. My aunt, uncle, and two of my cousins are standing outside the door of their home. It’s a family photo I’ve gazed at now and then throughout the years. But today I looked at it and spied something I don’t believe I’d noticed before. My older sister Nina (eighteen) stands on the far left of the photo camouflaged by trees behind her, a few branches in front of her, and the shadow of leaves on her and the house to her right. (She probably thought she was far enough away to be outside the picture). What adds to the camouflage is her white sweater against the white of the house, dark slacks that fade into the shadows near her feet, and dark glasses.

So many things are easier said than done, are they not? We Christians often hear, “Let go and let God,” or “Cast your burdens upon the Lord” (1 Peter 5:7), or “In your weakness he is strong.” And indeed, many of us would vigorously affirm that we believe those things. But do we really?