I remember reading several years ago in one of Big Dave’s books about a trip he took. I’m not sure I can remember the whole story, but it begins with him asking the question, “Why did no one ever tell me?” I had a similar experience to his on my way over here…
I’m sitting in Moscow. Waiting to take off on my last leg to head over here. It is the grayest, gloomiest day outside. I’m sitting in the airplane, looking out the window as we take off. Well, you know what happens when you take off, you go up. So, that’s what happens. And I wait for it…wait for it…waiting for us to break through the clouds. And then I think, “Why didn’t anyone ever tell me?” You break through the clouds to see the bluest of skies and the bright sun. It is glorious. I mean, I’ve flown some places before, and this isn’t something new. I can’t get over it though. Right above the cloud line, no matter how dreary it looks where I walk most of the time, the sun is shining just as it always does.
It has so many implications for my daily walk. The sun, you know, it is always there. The clouds veil it, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is always present. It is. In the same way, the Father is. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to Him must believe that He is and that greatly rewards those who seek Him.
I never doubt the sun is. I never doubt the sun is when the clouds cover it. And when these light and momentary troubles come, when this present darkness seems overwhelming, and I am confident that Father is. I’m so thankful that I can fix my eyes on the Son, who never ceases to shine light on us.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – Brother John (1:4)
SHINE ON.
I’m sitting in Moscow. Waiting to take off on my last leg to head over here. It is the grayest, gloomiest day outside. I’m sitting in the airplane, looking out the window as we take off. Well, you know what happens when you take off, you go up. So, that’s what happens. And I wait for it…wait for it…waiting for us to break through the clouds. And then I think, “Why didn’t anyone ever tell me?” You break through the clouds to see the bluest of skies and the bright sun. It is glorious. I mean, I’ve flown some places before, and this isn’t something new. I can’t get over it though. Right above the cloud line, no matter how dreary it looks where I walk most of the time, the sun is shining just as it always does.
It has so many implications for my daily walk. The sun, you know, it is always there. The clouds veil it, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is always present. It is. In the same way, the Father is. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to Him must believe that He is and that greatly rewards those who seek Him.
I never doubt the sun is. I never doubt the sun is when the clouds cover it. And when these light and momentary troubles come, when this present darkness seems overwhelming, and I am confident that Father is. I’m so thankful that I can fix my eyes on the Son, who never ceases to shine light on us.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – Brother John (1:4)
SHINE ON.
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