A moment of Joy...

Today I walked out of a building on campus. I looked around and it was quiet, no one was around. It looked cloudy like rain would be coming at any given moment. An instrumental tune hit my head and I danced myself down the sidewalk to my car (I would have done that whether anyone was around or not).

I venture to say that everything that we feel emotionally could very well be a deep matter of perspective. It would have been easy to go, "oh great, it's hot and sticky and it's going to rain! Forget this, I'm going to bed!"

But, I think the beauty rests in the perspective. As I sit in my home tonight writing this, the lightening illuminates the sky outside and the trees bend at the fate of the falling rain. It is beautiful...

Rain is exceptional... although annoying long term... the short term brings a cleansing... growth... and renewal. I have met people across the United States and World who've found themselves in places where they have spent extensive amounts of time in prayer, asking that God would have it rain and renew the land. New Life.

I love the moments in life when things aren't necessarily great nor is anything wrong but you just feel a deep welling up of thankfulness and a heart to just bask in the glory of God. Where you can feel and just know that it is not only okay but great to just "be" with Jesus. Sometimes the "doing" can overtake the divine opportunities to just savor the Greatness of God... the rain if you will. :) Don't forget to take time today!