As I was driving to work today I noticed the gray clouds above me. It seemed as if I could just roll down the car window, reach up, and touch the fluffiness. They were hanging that low. Seriously.
Immediately the song “God’s Been So Good to Me” came rolling into my thoughts. I sang a stanza of one of the verses, “Sometimes the clouds hang low. And I’d like to see them go. I ask the question, Lord why so much pain. But, He knows what’s best for me although I can not see, so I just say Thank YOU Lord I won't complain….”.
God indeed has been so good to me. Life does not have to be perfect to be good. In fact, if it were perfect for me I don’t think I’d realize how good I really have it. ;-) Through my darkest days that is when I have had the biggest break-throughs, seen the biggest miracles, and seen HIS LIGHT shine more brightly through the dark clouds of my days. When I think of these moments, I wouldn’t have life any other way (even if I could).
Those gray clouds that were hovering near and over the interstate felt really close, and I really could have felt suffocated/claustrophobic. But thankfully they weren’t the really thick kind and I was able to see above them. Glancing further up, I saw whiter clouds and bits & pieces of blue sky.
Sometimes ya just have to look higher.
I love it when I see a rainbow!...and love it MORE when there is a double one! So beautiful. To me it is God’s sign of peace in the midst of the stormy clouds that hover over us. It’s a sign that “this too shall pass”. God makes all gray skies to burst in color. This is happens in the natural world as well as in the spirit world. Sometimes you really have to search out the heavens to see the beauty, but when it’s finally spotted, O what victory!
I didn’t see a rainbow this morning, but that doesn’t mean that He hasn’t made one. Today I am feeling that He’s made a rainbow just for me. I feel it in my heart. Thank you, Jesus!
**I wrote this earlier today (around 10 am) and am just now posting it. I'm glad I waited!
EXPLAINATION: I have felt tired all day, but knew I needed to excercise today. About 6:30pm I got a burst of energy (it seemed) and headed out for my walk. I pulled into the track parking lot, got out of the car and overheard a lady passing by exclaiming to someone else about a rainbow....
WHAT!? I thought. I looked up and sure enough!! There WAS a rainbow! and not just a rainbow but a DOUBLE rainbow! :-) Oh, what a GOD! What. a. GOD!!! I quickly grabbed my camera and took a few shots. You can't really see the double one on the picture, but I assure you....it was there in the heavens, faintly shining above the one shining so brightly.
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