Sunrise

A week or so ago, Caylee was getting up SUPER early! She had been sleeping in til 8, and since we never have much going on I was completely fine with that.  I was enjoying the extra sleep.  Then we went through a short phase of waking between 7 and 7:15 (ya, that's still not early for some, but it is for me when our days are long and we have to stay inside so much).  That was not fun, especially because it's so dark up here for a lot longer in the mornings.  Partly because the sun doesn't shine much anyways and partly just because that's the time of year we are in.  But one day, there was a gorgeous sunrise!  I was happy to be up to see this because the sun quickly faded behind the clouds, but since I had seen the sunrise I knew it was still there.

I think God works that way sometimes.  We might not see Him for stretches of time and think He's not near, but sure enough we'll get a glimpse every now and then and remember that He's always near--even though sometimes we can't look past the clouds ourselves!  What a blessing the sunrise was that day....