February 10, 2025: The Freeze-Frame

Today I came across an image of a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier.

A high-speed camera captured the exact instant it surpassed Mach 1, the shockwaves forming a perfect cone around the aircraft. A split second made eternal, pausing what would otherwise be missed.

Camera technology amazes me. As advancements keep pushing the limits, we can freeze-frame even the fastest movements. No blur, just breathtaking detail.

Every Christmas, we listen to Michael W. Smith’s song, “Freeze The Frame.” The chorus always gets me:

Can we freeze the frame
And stop the hands of time?
Make the moon stand still in the sky?
My only wish this Christmas Eve
Is that we could all remain forever here
Can we freeze the frame?

That’s why I write this blog. What cameras do for motion, stories do for time. They lasso a moment from an ordinary day before it slips into the haze of memory.

If you feel life is flying by too fast, slow it down.

Record a story from each day.

Freeze the frame.