blues

Wind sculpts and breezes shape,

Shadows contrast and light defines.

Life hones and experiences build,

Trouble teaches and Light leads.

It is easy to question. Why difficulties? Why discouragement? Why illness? Why monotony?

Quoting from Chris Tiegreen in this mornings devotional:

God has not placed us where we are simply for the output we can produce, .... He has put us there because that is a context in wich He wants to display Himself. Our work is about Him, ....and we are there because God wants to put godliness on display for others to see.... Whatever you do, have this in mind: You are doing it not just because God wants you to be there, but because He wants to be there too.

So here I stand, often discouraged by the monotony of repeated tasks and lack of visible productivity. I sit, with a knot of fear inside me worried about my mom. And there she lies fighting the cancer invading her. Here we stand, and sit, and there we lie.

Is godliness on display? Surely God is there too.

How often I fail....