Wednesday Wonder

Let me go on record to say that I am officially done! Done with this crazy weather. Spring is here but as I sit typing I can see and hear the latest snowstorm raging outside. This is expected to turn into freezing rain, or maybe just rain, and who knows what else before the day is over. Found my blue and green boxes in the middle of the road earlier today. Blown there once they had been emptied. It is not a particularly nice day.

Life is like the weather sometimes. One day it is sunny with blue skies and pleasant temperatures and the next day is the exact opposite. The joke when I was in Scotland: Don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes.

Life has its nice and not so nice days. It has its sunny skies and raging storms. But like the weather in Scotland, sometimes you just have to wait a few minutes… or days, or months. Nothing seems to stay the same for long. At least that is how it often seems to me.

It is the cycles of life that energy levels ebb and flow. I sure feel that when I spend time with my grandson. Why can’t my energy level ebb a little higher to match his? If only our cycles of life could sync up that way. We grandparents often have to spend time recovering after putting out energy to match that of the grandkids for a day.

Somehow, we always find the energy we need when it comes to grandchildren, or other things in life that bring us joy. When less joyous things fill our lives, the energy flows away quickly.

Faith can be like this as well. Often it is there to fill us with energy and we find the joy in the blessings we have received. Other times, doubts arise, joy is hard to find and our blessings seem few and far between.

This is all a part of life and of faith. It is part of the human condition. The joy of being part of a community of faith is that all of us are not experiencing the ups and downs at the same time. There is always someone to share with us when we need it. Always someone to lift us up, to talk us through, to bolster our faith. And we do the same for others.

Even in the midst of the raging storm, I know that there is likely to be a text or email to make me smile when I want to wallow in the storm. I also know that this WW or some other interaction will allow me to keep another from wallowing. We are so blessed to be part of the family of God. So many siblings there for us at any time.

God is always there too. Sometimes it seems as though we are alone, but we are not. What may just seem like a friend, or someone you know from church, may be God in disguise. We are the hands and feet of Christ in the world after all.

Wait 10 minutes, things can change. Nope, snow is still falling and the wind still howling. Tomorrow is another day.

Thanks for being here for now. It keeps me from wallowing.