A GENTLY SPOKEN WORD...

I continue to be amazed at the wisdom that pours so easily from Momma's spirit.

Today is a blustery autumn day, the wind is gusting 45mph and the clouds are racing across the sky. During our morning devotion time Momma had commented about how gloomy it was in comparison to how beautiful it was when she first got up. She said that the sky was full of red and blue hues and the sun was shining in the sky. I had made some stupidly optimistic comment about the fact that it wasn't raining or snowing, to try to put things into perspective, which went over like a lead balloon. We went on to spend our time with God, richly blessed by His once again timely message. Afterward I stepped outside to get yesterdays mail and the morning paper, surprised by the fact that the temperature was quite warm (54*) for a mid-November day. Amazed by the speed that the lowest clouds were moving, I called Momma over to see it. "See Momma, the heavy clouds that make it gloomy are moving quickly by, and they aren't that big... You can even see the blue sky."

Now what really set me back on my heels was her response...

"There are always blue skies beyond the clouds Karl."

As she walked away, returning to whatever task I had called her from, I stood there, in spiritual awe of an incredible message that she had given me. It seems so obvious, so simple...as most of God's messages are...but it was the reception in my spirit that made the connection. No matter how dark it gets, or how long that darkness lasts, if our perspective is set on what we know is beyond this present darkness, we are well able to keep our hope. Our current trials, tribulations, and 'worldly-woes' are just clouds, racing in front of the Eternal Son. No matter how dark, how heavy or how thick those clouds get, as Christians we know that our Blue Skies are awaiting us beyond them, if we will but trust that "This too shall pass."

I tried to produce some super spiritual lesson out of this, but I left it when I realized that the truth that God had given me was just as simple as the message He had given me.