Heavy sleet, snow and ice covered morning in New England today. Daffodils froze as the snow changed to freezing rain and then finally settled on a raw downpour. It was hard to wake, to venture out, to feel joy in the face of such surroundings. I wonder. Do our spirits feel the same at times?
We long for our sunny days, warmth, beaches drenched by bright blue skies.
How do we respond when life doesn't look like we expected? I withdraw, I get a little bitter, maybe grumbling about the day, the weather, how it is fit, "for neither man nor beast." And yet here we are, called to live and love despite our circumstances, despite, even, the weather of our heart.
What door will open in what may be the dreary season? What light lies ahead if we trust and simply put one foot in front of the other as we maybe put on some rain boots as well!
Medicine from Sacred Scripture:
"You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light."
Psalm 18:28
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