Sitting on my balcony again this morning looking out over the island. It is wonderful to just relax. I have just been reading from the Psalms as I watched a beautiful rainbow briefly form in the clouds on this rainy morning. I realized that it is in the dark and dreary times of our life that we must seek out the beauty of our creator. We may only catch brief glimpses, yet that does not mean He is not always there. It could have been so easy to overlook that rainbow and to focus on the clouds and the rain, but by taking the time to be still, our creator can capture our attention.
Psalm 27:13 says, "I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living". After reading this passage, I was consumed by the words (at least the ones I could remember) of the song that Steve Roberts sings so often on Sunday mornings regarding the Land of the Living (Steve, if you read this can you send me a link where I can find the entire lyrics?). We simply cannot be consumed by the darkness around us. David reminds us that we will die if we do not believe in God's goodness being available to us here and now (in the land of the living), not someday far away in the sweet by and by (although we will certainly have it then as well). My focus must change. Our focus must change. I choose to search out the beauty of my Creator and I will not loose hope, for I know that if I seek Him that He is there to be found and I will know His goodness right here in the land of the living.
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