His Love

There are days full of blue sky, bathed in sunshine and covered in the coolness of fall or early spring. In those days one can be appreciative, can see the beauty without strain, and can trust in the creative Spirit that produced such a colorful and tranquil surrounding. On those days, life can be just as tranquil when I trust Him Who created the day; it is as if He is shouting to me, “See I love you, and this is the day I have made just for you.”

There are other days, rainy days, full of squalls--blustery, cold days in which the sun is obviously somewhere, for there is light, but what my eye sees is the storm illuminated by the light. In those days, too, there is beauty, though with some storms the beauty is tempered by the fear of the power behind the storm. It is as if He is saying, “See, I love you, and my grace is sufficient to protect you from the turbulence of all life's storms."

There are nights, nights of incredible clearness, nights with the reflected light of the moon, and, in the dark countryside, the individual lights of the millions of suns that cover the sky, pinpoints of creation; lights that give me a perspective of the vastness of creation that cannot be known by sight in the day. It is as if He is saying, “In the darkness is my light most visible, and the extent of creation most apparent; see the vastness of my love just for you.”

There are other nights, nights shrouded by heavy clouds, nights in which the lights of the moon and stars are not to be seen, in which the darkness is something I can feel as palpable around me; darkness in which I only know of my existence and the existence of my surroundings by senses other than sight. In those nights, when I cannot see, it is as if He is saying, “This night is for your faith; only in these nights can you know me most intimately; only in these surroundings, forgetting the past, not knowing the future, living only in this moment and then the next, can you know me most completely. Only in this night is my love unattended by a vision of the creation, and therefore most fully to be known. See this as my complete love for you, and that you need nothing else.”