8-16-23
Today was a mild day in August. It was approximately 70° all day long. There was a hefty breeze that seemed to make it feel much cooler. Feels like a mid west fall day. The sun shined off & on all throughout the day, but to the west there were dark clouds. THIS is all too familiar to me.
I can often SEE HIS SON, but I know the darkness is also right there. Depending on what I choose to focus on is what I could determine the weather to be. I could very easily say it has been a dreary cloudy day. Or I could simply say it was partly cloudy but the sun was shining on me. The forecast says it will be 103° this time next week - weather is fleeting. Like everything else in life, it's just a phase - ebbs and flows. Today has been a day where God has been clearly revealed to us. We have seen Him in a tangible way. I can't help but feel like with this obvious of a glimpse of the Holy Spirit in front of me that something much larger than normal everyday life will be approaching us in the distance.
The question isn't IF something will happen. It is WHEN it is going to happen? There will always be struggles and hard times. Life is a series of trials and triumphs. When we have God on our side, when we know and love him and live to serve him it makes those dark looming clouds that lurk in the distance much easier to embrace. The storms become a lot less intimidating in the distance. When you’re going through life without Jesus, all you can see is a dark cloud. But when you know Christ you begin to see Him shining through the clouds.
