Funny how we never hear THIS one when things are going well! I have spent the last week or two putting one foot in front of the other just trying to do ‘the next right thing’ – today on the way to work, for what felt like the first time in a couple of weeks, I not only felt the sun on my face, but the Sunlight of the Spirit in my heart.

I once heard it described this way…. when we are out in the sun and a cloud passes by, we momentarily don’t feel the warmth on our face, but it doesn’t mean the sun is gone – it just means something has come between us and the light.

What a great analogy for those times when we feel ‘cut off’ from the spirit – He isn’t gone, there is just something between us and the Light – sometime it’s “self”, sometimes it’s trauma, sometimes it’s just a passing cloud. But what comfort to know that the Light is always there, even when we can’t see it. We just need to stand our ground and know that the cloud will pass, trusting that the sun is still there.

I am grateful for the years of my own experience, and the experience of those who have walked before me, that reminds me that clouds are not the same as darkness, and I am never alone. I turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.

Thanks God! Or, maybe I should use my favorite prayer… Yay God!!