Genesis 1: 14-15
Message Bible
God spoke: “Lights come out!
Shine in Heaven’s sky!
Separate Day from Night
Mark seasons and days and years
Lights in Heaven’s sky to give light to Earth.”
And there it was.
I went outside about 5:30 this morning. My whole being just
urged me outside. For the first time in about a week the Sun was shining. Blue
sky blessed the thousand clouds that flecked and half-covered the tropical
Madagascar sky. A lovely rift of blue opened up in the east. I had missed its
powerful warmth and clear light. Trees and houses and people cast shadows.
Their sharp outline against the blue sky made them look more real.
Dozens of birds sang, twittered, chirped, whistled,
squeaked, croaked, and tweeted, praising God for the bright clear sunshine.
Droplets of water from the last 5 days of cloud, darkness, drizzle, and rain
glistened like gems from every blade of grass and tree leaf. Scattered flowers,
washed clean from the days of rain, now interrupt the red and green earth with bright,
happy colors.
We had come virtually sleepless through three days of
darkness, flying close to the North Pole and its winter gloom. We had drilled
our way through obscuring clouds onto a black Antananarivo runway, then piled
our bags into a tiny car in the rain, and later shopped in a gloomy, filthy
market for vegetables that were still covered in black dirt. We have dashed
from room to room in the guest house collecting a clammy, cold layer of
wetness. We face a fun challenge, obscure and just a mite daunting: teach
conversational skills in a third language to reluctant students who have
mastered neither their first nor second languages.
Now for twenty-five minutes the glorious light of the Sun
cut through the gloom and obscurity and gave magnificent hope and warmed the
fires of love in a chilled and sodden breast.
Thank You, Lord, for
the Sun and your Son that give us grace, love, peace, renewed determination,
and hope.
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