Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Seeing Past


As you first looked at this picture, were your eyes drawn to the clouds or to the light??? God reminded me this morning as I was waiting to drop kids off and I was looking into the sky at this scene of how many times I focus on the clouds and can't see past them to see the brilliance of the sun behind them.
In the world we're living in right now, it's easy to get caught up focusing on the dark clouds of our circumstances. Maybe you're out of work, money is tight, you have marriage problems, sickness in your life or the life of one dear to you...all of these and more could be object of your focus like the clouds,instead of seeing the Light behind the clouds who is always Jesus.
God has something to teach us in every circumstance that we find ourselves in, and we have a choice every day to see past the clouds to the Light. Jesus is the Light.
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12)