Today as I was walking Toby, I was observing the trees and the sky. It looked and felt like winter. It was quiet, still, cold and a bit dreary. In the past, this kind of day would have really depressed me, and I would not have been able to find anything to be thankful for or any reason to praise the Creator of it all. However, today, I saw an odd beauty in the dull, gray day. I started thinking of Him, the Light of the World, and how He really shines on a day like today. Oh, the stark contrast! The God of love and light is with me on a cold, gray, lonely day. His presence can be felt and is magnified in the dark, dull and dim. I began to compose a poem in my head as I ended my walk. Here is that poem:
My Winter Prayer
On this quiet, gray winter day
Cold and cloudy, dull and dim
Set Your spark of light within me
Warm me with Your loving hand
Light Your flame of love inside me
Let the embers drift away
May they warm one cold and lonely
Waiting for a hopeful ray
In this season dark and dusky
Cold and weary, frozen through
Thaw our hearts and warm our souls
With sunshine, fire, and flame of You
Oh the joy of feeling His presence no matter what the climate in our life may look like right now! How wonderful to be able to set our hearts toward our God in worship in every season!
I know, right?
ReplyDeleteI am so like that too... living in the season. Finding Him in the high and the low - the light and the shade...
I love it!!
This was the first yr i did not suffer with SAD in January - but cos I was walking out of that bad place i could not be full sure... but I feel like you, like a joy rather than the depression... I think I will be SAD free in jan 2012 now too! and so will you I guess :-D
Lovely poem <3