Today I had a moment of pure joy.
All day yesterday was a cold, windy, dreary day. Canada sent some of it's air our way and we didn't climb past the mid teens for our daytime high. Clouds hung heavy in the sky. Snow fell late in the day and the sun hid it's face. I love those kind of days. Days when all you want to do is snuggle up under your blanket, read a good book, and sip hot cocoa.
But even more than that I love days like today!
The tomorrows that Annie loved to sing about when the clouds clear out and the sun lights the earth and spreads it's warmth. The sun came out today! Bright and brilliant and warm!
Driving home from Walmart, listening to Christmas music, I felt it! My Joy! I was thinking about the sunshine, how it lights the earth. How it warms the earth. My heart swelled. Peace pierced my heart. I took a deep breath and inhaled the joy around me. The sweetness that the earth feels when it's sun comes out.
My thoughts were then drawn to The Son.
The light of the World.
My warmth, my light, my peace, my Savior in all things. The joy I will one day feel in His presence
My heart swelled to overflowing.
He knows me!
He loves me!
And this Christmas Season I'm grateful for the chance to celebrate Him!
AAAHHHH Sweet.... I have had those feeling recently too! Is it the season, or am I counting my blessing with all this darn cold??? That I am warm, fed, and clothed...and lots of bonuses beyond that....like a warm garage, so I don't have to scrap windows...ect..ect..ect...
ReplyDeleteYou spelled sun wrong...
ReplyDeleteJim, you goofball, it's supposed to be spelled that way. It's not wrong, it's just referring to a different Son!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel that way when I walk out of class on SUNNY days, it's the most overflowing feeling I know. It's then that I feel like the Son is giving me LIGHT. I LOVE IT!!!
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