Where the Sun Always Shines

Flying at 34,000 feet, being above the clouds, provides one with a perspective unlike any that can be seen from a ground level vantage point. Up above those clouds the sun is alway shining even if there is darkness and rain underneath the clouds. There are days when thousands of fluffy white cumulus clouds are casting their shadows on the ground below. When looking out the window of the plan at the clouds the visual perspective to me is like being in a gigantic cloud factory watching the cloud Creator produce all sizes and shapes of amazing beauty. Those on the ground.are not able to see the continuous parade of beautiful clouds that will eventually pass overhead of the people below.  They walk in the cloud’s shadow look up at the cloud and say, “The sun has gone behind the cloud.” Flying above the cloud we can tell that is not what has happened. It is the cloud that has moved to a point so that the sun has been blotted out from that particular point on the earth, therefore, causing the shadow.

Miles  and Miles of Clouds

The sun and the airplane are higher than the clouds. Those in the airplane can see what those on the ground cannot see. They see thousands of clouds facilitating shadows on the ground. They can even see the movement of the clouds, and see where the shadow is headed, the area that will soon be in that shadow. The people who are down below cannot tell what is going to happen. They cannot know for sure where the cloud is going or who the shadow will cover.

God is higher than the earth, the clouds and the sun. The Bible says, “The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, the one who sits enthroned high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth.” Psalm 113. God is higher than the nations and the heavens. He knows our days perfectly, the days that the sun will shine on us, and the days when dark shadows will overcome us. There is nothing he does not know or cannot handle. Regardless of our bright times or our dark times God’s love for us remains the same. We can always trust him to blow those dark clouds away to remove the shadows from our lives.