Dreary Days and Sunshine

We in the midlands awoke to yet another cold, drizzly, dark grey day.

I suppose this is a regular occurrence this time of the year, yet every year it seems to be unusual. These are the mornings that I recall, vividly, all the abuse my body has taken over the years. Each area of my body relays it's ire to me for the way I have treated it by taking advantage of the cold to scream painful rebukes at me for the carelessness of the past. I really don't like these kinds of days, I'm a 'sunshine' sort of guy.

As I was driving to work this morning, generally feeling sorry that the Lord had not called me to the beaches of Florida or Hawaii, I began to wonder what it was like above the clouds. Ah, the wistful thoughts of one whose dreams of summer were waning.

The fact of the matter is this, the skies are thick with clouds, barely allowing the light and heat of the sun through. It is also a fact that the clouds, unlike the sun, are not a constant. The clouds will eventually float away revealing that which was always there, clear blue sky and a bright warm sun. The clouds are but a temporary situation, and the constant is always there.

This really is reflective of life. There is a constant Son in our lives if we will recognize Him. Though the clouds of life come, sometimes dimming the light and causing our souls to experience the pains of our previous abuses, they are transient and the Son is always there.

We need to focus our thoughts not on the clouds, but on what will be when those clouds roll away. We tend to assume whatever state we are currently in is the permanent state of our lives. This is of course not true. Our lives are dynamic, they change and shift. The dreams which we see as lost today, can in fact become the reality of tomorrow if we keep our eyes on this reality; God is always there.

Dare to dream today,

Enjoy the Java

Jim