You know what I find interesting about being overshadowed? You never really realize it until you go a good amount of time with out seeing the sun. Maybe several hours, maybe a couple of days... if you're really busy it might be a week.
But when it hits you... it doesn't feel awful. Not quite horrid... just odd. Beth uses a great phrase for this type of feeling. She'll come home, dump her stuff and then say, "I'm in a funk." I think that describes it perfectly well - a funk.
That hit me today at lunch. We were sitting at the third place that we tried to eat lunch - the first one was way too crowded, the second didn't take debit cards, the third turned off their 'open sign' just as we rounded the corner - then when I went to get cash, the ATM was down... a good sign, eh? Anyway, it hit me at that third eatery. "Where is the sun?"
I've been living an overshadowed life.
This morning I was over at the "rent house" to do some painting and then meet with carpet guy. I had my iPod in, on shuffle, when a song by Switchfoot came on. I'm not sure of all the words, but I do remember the phrase from the chorus.
"The shadows prove the sunshine."
I remembered that this afternoon. When the clouds are overshadowing the day, its easy to claim that there is no sun. We can't see it, can't feel it, and then we find ourselves longing for it without realizing it. But even on the most cloud filled day, we get to see shadows. We are constantly seeing the product of light. This was important for me to realize today. My God is a faithful God. He has taken me through far worse storms than this mostly cloudy forecast that I'm now living in. He will see me through this as well.
I believe that.
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