My place early each winter morning is in front of the TV checking the weather. One station offers an aerial view of Edmonton and the traffic problems in the area.
I live 500 KMS north and am always astounded how much darker it is outside my living room windows than it is in Edmonton. But I know that within the hour, we too will enjoy the sunlight that I can see on my TV.
There are so many examples in nature that remind us that things are never static … change is inevitable .
When Harry died I thought I would be locked into his death forever but God had other plans. Ever so gently He moved me … into helping with a local survey (it forced me back into the community), organizing an anniversary event at our church and finally in sharing my stories that I had been writing for years.
God had not left me in those dark days … Jeremiah 29:11 said He had a plan for me and that was certainly played out the last three years.
Yesterday a neighbor died of cancer. My heart aches for his wife. I know the despair she is experiencing and I know the grief she will have to work through the next few years.
But like the view out my morning window, there is daylight after the darkness. I know because daylight now infiltrates parts of my life and I begin to see hope for the future.
