#Sunshine

High above the earth we were flying home. The sky overhead was real blue. There was a sea of little puffy white clouds as far as the eye could see. They were resting on a layer of air, all nice and level. The bright sun was shinning on them and the reflection was making me squint. We were maybe five miles high and we were above the clouds. Nothing separated us from the sun and I can imagine we were casting a shadow on the earth below as the clouds were.

There was a cartoon character long ago who always had a dark grey cloud hanging over his head. No matter what kind of day he was having, there stood the grey cloud over him. He walked around and the cloud followed him. He brought bad with him and he wasn't comfortable unless others could see the cloud he was under. We are all like him too many days. Even if it is a cloudless, sun drenched day, we can manufacture a dark grey cloud and place it over our head.

God is associated with clouds in the Bible. "I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man." Rev 14:14 "Then everyone will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great glory." Luke 21:27 "I saw someone like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven." Dan 7:13 God's faithfulness "reaches to the clouds." Ps 108:4

There may be a real grey cloud over your head, something you did not manufacture. It may hover over you distorting your view of the bright sun above. If you keep focused on it, you will see nothing but grey. It will get harder and harder to remember the real blue of a cloudless sky.

Can you be thankful for the dark grey cloud? Is there anything about that cloud that you can be grateful for? Can you be thankful that you are not in the heat of the sun? Can you, with one little grain of hope look forward to a cloudless day? Can you imagine Jesus sitting on top of your cloud and being close to you and watching over you and working, always working for your best interests?

Clouds come and go, but God faithfully is there all the time. He never wavers or moves away. We can count on Him and we can get better acquainted with Him on cloudy days when we turn to him because the sun isn't available for a tanning session.😊