There's nothing like a great sunset!! Sometimes I drive west just to see the colors of the sunset swirled around in the sky. Purples, reds, blues....so many colors painting beauty in the sky. And I'm thankful that God has made the world so lovely for us to see.
One day I was thinking about sunsets...and one thing I noticed about them is that often the most beautiful ones are made when there are clouds in the sky. If there are no clouds, the sunset is pretty but not nearly as rich and colorful as when there are some clouds for the sun to shine its light through. And so it is with our lives....no one goes through life without any "clouds" overhead.....so often, when our lives have been clouded with trials and hurts, heartaches and difficulties, those are the times that the grace and mercy of God are most evident in our lives. The Son shining down on us....causing all things to work together for good....even the clouds in our lives....swirling events and people, days and years all together and making something beautiful out of it all in ways that I will never understand ....just as He swirls together the colors of a magnificent sunset.
But we have to look for it...we have to take the time to look back at our lives to see the way that God has brought us through the difficulties we've faced...He is faithful...He has worked things out in the past....we have to trust Him to do the same in the future.
We're all so busy. We often miss looking at sunsets. And we often miss looking at the way that God has worked in our lives....the way that He has worked things out for good. Take time now to look....today watch the sun as it sinks low on the horizon....and as you see the beauty of the sun shining through the clouds in a peaceful sunset, remember that the Son is able to shine through the clouds in your life and somehow make something beautiful as well.
Yes, God will work all things together for good.
You can count on it....
....cause He said He would.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Rom. 8:28
