Let Your Glory Fall Like Rain
There are times in life when you struggle. Everything can seem well on the outside. Life can be good. Times can be good. Life is ticking by. I have had this gnawing struggle. A struggle to connect deeply with God in the depths of me. I think it’s called a struggle of faith because there isn’t anything that I can put my finger on to say “this is the exact reason.” All that is mine, all that is heavenly, all that comes from God and is eternal is all by believing what God says in spite of the way I feel.
Recently I was able to take a three hour road trip alone. I haven’t been alone in a car like this, for as long as a time as this, for a long time (don’t try to say that three times fast). I was pouring out my heart to God silently, about this struggle. Honestly. Just deeply honest. That gut-wrenching, tearful stuff. I got lost in the thoughts for awhile, oblivious to the beautiful surroundings. Struggle was clouding* my view and keeping me from enjoying the fullness of the moment. I look up and in front of me is a cloud. It’s stretched out and from the bottom, it looks like it’s dripping clouds. I’d never seen anything like this.
Sometimes we get so lost in the depths of our struggle that it’s hard to see or hear. Then God will place something right in front of you. His glory is real. His presence and life is everywhere. He is available at all times. It looked like His glory was falling like rain. It snapped me out of my me-me-me struggle and I smiled. “Get your eyes off yourself and put them back on me” is what I felt that He wanted to convey in this moment. Only believe.
*pun intended
Recently I was able to take a three hour road trip alone. I haven’t been alone in a car like this, for as long as a time as this, for a long time (don’t try to say that three times fast). I was pouring out my heart to God silently, about this struggle. Honestly. Just deeply honest. That gut-wrenching, tearful stuff. I got lost in the thoughts for awhile, oblivious to the beautiful surroundings. Struggle was clouding* my view and keeping me from enjoying the fullness of the moment. I look up and in front of me is a cloud. It’s stretched out and from the bottom, it looks like it’s dripping clouds. I’d never seen anything like this.
Sometimes we get so lost in the depths of our struggle that it’s hard to see or hear. Then God will place something right in front of you. His glory is real. His presence and life is everywhere. He is available at all times. It looked like His glory was falling like rain. It snapped me out of my me-me-me struggle and I smiled. “Get your eyes off yourself and put them back on me” is what I felt that He wanted to convey in this moment. Only believe.
*pun intended
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