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Today Im in Toledo Ohio by a good friend of mine who has so graciously opened her home to me for two weeks. I am looking forward to this time just being away from Nassau is refreshing in itself. The only person missing is Marquin. Yesterday's traveling was taxing but well worth it. It took about 6 hrs to get to Detroit and another hour to get to to where I am now.
Its amazing how and when the Lord decides to speak to you and through what means He chooses to convey His point. I was sitting on the runway in Atlanta getting ready to take off and the weather was terrible. It was four o'clock in the afternoon and it looked like it was 7:30 at night. The sky was blanketed with dark clouds making visibility virtually nill but we flew anyway. You would never have known that it was day time if you didnt KNOW.
To say that the ride was bumpy would be an understatement. The constant fluctautions in altitude and the twists and turns of the airplane reminded me of a great rollercoaster ride when you would drop suddenly and you would feel your heart skip two beats and your stomach go somewhere up your chest. The once talkative passengers on the flight were eerily silent, all captured by their own thoughts of their humanity Im sure and so was the pilot. Never once during this time was I concerned for our welfare because I knew that this moment was just temporary. I knew that the clouds that blackened the sky and served as our obstacle had to end, as long as the pilot was calm, I was calm.
However, what really captured me was the darkness and how I had just left Nassau and the sun was at its most radiant, the earth from its rays never looked so maginificant but here I was about 3 hours later and the sky had changed. The sun that I expected to see was not visible anymore, all that could be seen was the looming gray skies that warned of its wrath and dared us to take it on, that dared us to pass through but we had to. To make it to our next destination the pilot had to start the engines of this jet and ride onto that taramac. His passangers had another destination and it wasnt Atlanta. What the pilot knew about the storm was that all he had to do was keep moving forward against the wind and the rain and through the darkness, to get to the right altitude above the fray of the bad weather and toward the calmness of the sun. The Sun, that I saw earlier was still there. It never left. It was still brilliant but hidden. There was still calm skies but just beyond the clouds.
This is what the Lord ministered to me. He reminded me that He is the Sun that shines everyday and brings light to the world. Everyday we KNOW that the sun will shine. Everyday, the sun appears even when we don't see it because of the clouds. The sun is always doing its job and it's always on time. It rises and sets with meticulous certainty and just becasuse you don't see it doesnt mean that it is not doing its job. The clouds will pass and it will be there. During this I heard the song from Annie called 'Tomorrow' where its says that the 'Sun will come out tomorrow' and the Father reminded me that the sun is always 'Out'. It never leaves its post. Thats when He told me that He is like the Sun.
There are times in our lives when circumstances dare us to move forward, dares us to face the storm and fight through it. There are circumstances that dare us to rise above the fray and to fly but He reminds us that peace is required for when you ride through and faith is knowing that He will be there at the end. The sun will shine again. Its right there beckoning you to come to it. It calls us to believe that it is doing its job. He is asking us to trust that He is doing His job which is guiding us and protecting us.
He told me that though the way seems dark and the ride unsure know that He is navigating my life, our lives and leading us to Him. There will be peace and hope again. This storm will pass and I am in the midst of it but just beyond the clouds He is there with arms wide open. This journey is just a test of my faith and will be my victorious testimony.
