Driving to work at this time of the year, I get to see many sunrises. (I know, that's one way to look on the bright side, right? --- No pun intended). The road I drive on has several overpasses and, often, by the time I get to the last one, the sun is just coming up over the horizon. It is a beautiful sight every time that I see it!
Some mornings are clear and the sun shines so brightly that the sky just glows. On other mornings there are clouds on the horizon, sometimes even hiding the sun. It is those mornings, though, when there are clouds, that I enjoy the sunrise the most. It seems that the sun reflects on, shines on, shines through and gilds the edges of the clouds! It is simply spectacular!
Life can be a lot like clouds and sunrises. When things are going smoothly in our lives, it's a beautiful day, but when things are difficult, it can seem dark and gloomy and full of clouds.
When the clouds in my life get to be too much and make it difficult for me to think there will be sunshine again, I remind myself of a flight I was on many years ago.
It was a dark, stormy day, raining "cats and dogs" and I was on a plane getting ready to take off. I have to be honest. I sure didn't like the idea of taking off through those dark clouds. As the plane took off, it lifted higher and higher through layer after layer of thick, dark clouds. As I was watching out the window, all of sudden, we broke through the clouds. It was the most amazing thing! The sky was crystal blue and the sun was dazzlingly bright! I can still remember how it looked after all this time. I even remember the thought that I had at that moment. "Wow, there's sunshine just beyond the gray clouds. I have to remember that!"
You see, even though we may only see gray clouds for now, sunshine and blue skies are just beyond those gray clouds. You just never know when the sunrise will break through your situation and shine beautiful colors into your life. And sometimes, the gray clouds in our lives help us see and appreciate the "sunshiny" days even more.
There is a quote written by Langston Hughes that says "Oh God of dust and rainbows, help us to see, that without the dust, the rainbow would not be."
Whether there is "dust" or there are "clouds" in our lives, we need only to look for the sunshine and blue skies. We can look for the sun to shine through our circumstances. In Hebrews 11:1, it says "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Look at the clouds in your life and expect God to make a beautiful sunrise out of it. It's going to be spectacular, I just know it!
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