I'm thinking of how the swirling particles of dust illuminated in the rays of sunshine could have one thinking that the inhale of life might bring disappointment even in the light - tainted, obscured, never clean and giving rise to insidious thoughts that struggle could deign to usurp our happiness and cheat it of its unfettered purchase. But truly, all one has to do is blow out a breath and watch these scatter -whispers of fear, worry and condemnation fleeing in the presence of what really is true.
After all, isn't it pollution that makes the sunset so much more vivid? Doesn't the rain drench the crevices of nearly forsaken dreams and paths, cleansing the clogging dirt and silt of illusory deceit so as to uncover new direction and bring with it beguiling scents of pine, green and growth? Isn't it the harder times which make the light all the more brilliant? Isn't when we are compelled to be humble that the rewards and Love of God find import, priority, notice and thus bring warmth, joy, compassion, wholeness, faith and contentment in the now, whatever that now is, so glorious it is overwhelming?
For in the now, all that would or could have taken our spirits into depression and dismay dissolves into inconsequence when we feel, know and remember that peace abounds in merely the Simple act of remembering God. To embrace that peace and even risk for anticipation as all that comes along offers opportunity to buoy our spirits and cause us to seek Him. Joy.
- This Carman Girl
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