Then use it as well as you can. Period.

Whatever you do, do it well, do it with integrity, don't sin, and give thanks to God for it.

That's glorifying God with your photography (or anything else for that matter)

PS: Don't forget to tell people the good news while you are out taking pictures, spreading the gospel is about a billion times more important than anything photo related.

It seems that the best reason is that they were having a hard time competing with the second-hand summicrons and summilux's. The prices weren't that far apart from a new summarit lens.

That's a great lens!

I just got a 28m non asph that is deadly. I love that and the 35mm Summarit asph.

I see you are in FL too...I'm moving to Port St. Lucie in a week or two.

Nope. It IS true that all folks are sinners and haters of God (if the bible is true and it is) but that doesn't equate with "wasting my time" at all. God must turn these haters of God into lovers of God (that's what the bible says about it.) If we didn't believe that then yes...it would be futile but I do believe that God changes men's dark hearts from stone to flesh (which is what the bible says he does)



The early church grew fast because folks didn't water down the message as you are doing. They boldly told the truth and almost to a man they were murdered for doing so. Read Foxx's book of Martyrs...it's enlightening.

I'm done with this..I'm glad you brought it up though so that folks can see the the difference between a man-centered/watered down fake-gospel message and the real actual gospel message.

have a good day.

too bad that's not the gospel. (the good news)

The good news is that all humans are condemned to be punished in Hell because they are sinners who hate God but because God is a merciful and loving God He has made a way of escape, to repent and turn to the only one who can save them....Jesus Christ who suffered in place of His elect, taking the wrath of God so that they won't.

That's the gospel. Not "see what He's done for me!"



And bravo to them...all too often though folks like to water that real message down (as you have) and thereby neuter it of the truth.



Once again, that's not biblical. Folks are sinners, haters of God, lovers of self, they are to be told the truth of their condition and unless God changes their heart, they will stay in rebellion forever. Sinners don't want God...period.



Which is a totally separate issue than what we are commanded to tell pagans.



Not if you are truthful about the gospel message they won't.

If you whitewash it and don't tell them the truth of course they will like it! you are tickling their ears with a false gospel that cannot save.



Not sure what reincarnation has to do with Christianity....hmmm

Please, don't.

There is no "waiting for his leading"

Here is how orthodox Christianity works.

You read God's revelation to man (the bible) often, every day. You study it, you meditate on it...you hold it in your heart..you memorize it.

By doing so, you learn about God...what He's like, what he wants, what you should be doing and not doing.

Then you make the proper decision based on what you know. (what God has said)

That's it.

It's not Christian-mysticism...that's a false gospel that's been infiltrating the church for decades.

Then you haven't read your bible closely enough.



Doing so DOES please God, it cannot become a religion, that's ludicrous.



Wow....what a twisted view of the bible's content.



They were known because they boldly proclaimed the truth of Jesus, His sacrifice, and that all other religions were false, and they were willing to die for that truth.

I'm betting you don't attend any church, there is no way a person could sit under orthodox teaching week after week and have this skewed view of what the bible says.

We all do. Myself included.



Then that's an issue for sure. We all struggle with it.



You could just go out with the intent of witnessing :) Lots of folks do that.

[/quote]I am asking Jesus to please give me His perspective and I am listening for His answer. [/quote]

Here is how you communicate with Jesus; you read what He's written (the bible) where it's relevant to your question, and then you behave accordingly. There is no "listening for His answer". Jesus talks through the written revelation he's provided...not feelings or voices.



It's up to you; your conscience. You should be discussing this with your pastor or elder, have him point you to relevant passages, read them, meditate on them, and react accordingly.

We've all been there...you aren't alone in this. :)

Same here (on a macbook pro 2015)

Thanks, things are going along fine now.

Exactly!

Did both, even used the Adobe help...no answers.

The solution was to use Classic which includes all of those things that apparently have been removed from the version I was using.

Ok...after a chat with adobe and a few mis-installs of the wrong product...lol...I'm good to go.

They certainly don't make it easy.

Yep, it appears that there is a subscription classic version that I want. Stay tuned.

I had LR classic, I changed to Cloud.

I guess my question is; is the cloud version neutered of all of these customization options or is it a case of me not knowing how to get these customizations done?