Cross In My Window: Awe-Inspiring Love

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Awe-Inspiring Love

On the way to church this morning, an awe-inspiring site in the sky compelled me to pull over and take it all in. I saw two layers of sky. Thick, dark, foreboding rain clouds inched closer and closer to the earth, blocking out the early daylight. Bright blue skies blanketed the earth just above the storm clouds.

As I stared in wonder at the site before me, I thought about life. How many times in my life have the suffocating clouds of pain, anguish, despair, or suffering blocked out the light? Yet, without fail, the light of Christ was never far behind.

This being Father's Day, I cannot help but think of the greatest Father of all, my heavenly Father. I am in awe of His love for me, an imperfect person loved with the most perfect love by the most perfect Daddy! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

As wowed as I am by this humbling truth, my heart breaks for those who do not know this perfect love, for those so overcome by those dark clouds that they lose hope and forget about the light so close, of those who never realize the light is so close, for those so broken that they can't believe a perfect God could ever love them and call them son or daughter, for those who know they are His son or daughter, but forget that this greatest of gifts is a free gift that we don't have to work to earn.

Father, my prayer on this Father's Day is that all those stuck beneath the storm clouds of life remember Your love and light or discover Your love and light for the first time. I pray that love shine through the darkness of their day, giving them a hope to cling onto.

Father, on this Father's Day, I thank You for loving me. I am in awe of you. I am in love with you. Thank You for loving me more!

This picture does not do the real image justice.
Check out the left corner and the light coming from what looks like the bottom of the clouds,
but is actually above those clouds!

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About Renee

I often refer to myself as a wallflower or turtle: A wallflower because I am an observer of the world around me, quietly taking it all in, mulling over what I see and experience, and sometimes writing about it in blogs, sermons, fictional stories, or poetry. A turtle because I am slow and often withdraw and hide. Whether running or making a decision, I tend to dawdle, but I will get there, and once I do, I commit. I often withdraw into the safety of my shell while I am internally working out the details of life. Take this blog, for example. The wallflower/turtle me would rather keep all this "junk" to myself. Each time I write, though, I have no choice. I must get the stuff inside me out, and when it comes out, I feel God urging me to share. Each time I argue, He reminds me of how certain moments in my life may have been different had I realized I was not alone. So, this blog is my faithful pursuit to let whomever may stumble upon it know that they are not alone. We all have "junk," parts of ourselves we wish we could ignore, but we belong in community. Our survival relies on how well we care for one another. Like playing the drums (an old, out-of-date hobby), writing is my way of putting myself out there, being on stage, and still enjoy a bit of anonymity.