A New Day

A new day, a beautiful new day...
As I gazed out the window this morning I watched the storm clouds move over the silhouette of the mountains, as the sun came peaking through. The best mornings are the stormy ones. To see those big, grey clouds glide over the horizon, and watch the sun rise to illuminate them into a beautiful array of color. God can take the gloomy things - the hard things, and even little things that try our patience - and turn them into something beautiful. He takes life's storms and turns them into a beautiful sunrise. He turns darkness into incandescence."I think today is a good example of the place I am at right now. A little cloudy, a little windy. Things are gently moving, rearranging. Maybe a little uncertain. But scattered here and there are patches of blue, and every now and then the sun peaks out with it's refreshing warmth as a gentle reminder that it was there all along. Just another small storm passing through, on the verge of spring, with the promise of better weather to follow. But even so, I enjoy such days as these. And even though during stormy weather we dream of sunshine, we still can get tired of too many days of sunshine. Its days like this that refresh and calm the soul. And so I thank God for this season of my life. For I know He is in control, and with the promise of fair weather ahead, I seek to find joy even in the glooms of today, so as to completely enjoy tomorrow's sunshine..."
-Journal Entry, April 11th, 2007
2 Samuel 22:29, "For You are my lamp, O Lord, and the Lord illuminates my darkness."