CLOUDING MY VIEW

A trip to the McDonald Observatory, an astronomoy observation center close to Fort Davis, made me do some thinking. We drove three and a half hours to attend a “Star Party”. Before the Star Party began the clouds began to move in across the sky. It was time to begin star gazing but there were no stars. The moon was shining through the clouds so the star guide discussed some specifics about the moon. As we looked, a star began to peek through the clouds. Slowly, two or three more stars began to follow the example of the first. Knowing there were billions of stars in the sky, I began to ponder the situation. Even though there are times when the moon may not be visible to us, we all know that it is there every single night. Likewise, each of those stars faithfully shine through our every night sky. Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and the other planets are there every night. However, here we sit under the vast expansion of stars and planets without being able to visualize them.


This is exactly what happens to us when we are inside of the “Well of Despair.” We look around and blame God for not being there. We blame our friends and family for not being there. And, there are times when our friends and our family may abandon us. Most of the time those friends and family members who truly love us will be there for us, and the kicker is that God IS ALWAYS THERE. Yet, through our emotional clouds, we often become unaware of His presence and even convince ourselves that he has gone away. As humans none of us are immune. Our problems overwhelm us. Our problems cause the clouds to roll in and put a covering between us and God. If we think of the parallel between the human race and the universe, we can see that God is our “Sun.” He is our constant. He is the reason that we shine. Our friends and family are a lot like those other stars and planets. They are typically there, but throughout time, even a star will burn out. We can hope and pray that our family and friends will stick with us to the end, but sometimes they aren’t that reliable because they are human. Pretty often they are there, but we just can’t see them through the clouds. However we know that our God will never burn out. HE IS ALWAYS THERE!

                                                     SOMETHING TO REMEMBER
We also need to remember that as christian ladies we are like the moon. The moon reflects the sun and if you are not letting your life reflect that of the Lord Jesus Christ, there may be other people in the "Well of Despair" and looking for a ray of light or a ray of hope. They will not be able to see the light if you are not lining yourself up with the Word of God and reflecting that light to them.