Above The CloudsSample

Hazy Visions 

Have you ever been on an airplane or stood atop a tall mountain? I’m talking about looking out at a view that is so high up that when you look down all you can see are clouds. You can’t make out people, towns, or even landscapes. Everything just looks hazy. Sometimes we have to reposition ourselves further down on the mountain to clearly see our neighbors. We have to move to a place where instead of guiding them from a distance, we are walking in the trenches with them. Instead of just giving good advice or even Godly advice we step down from our comfortable view and mourn with those who mourn. We choose to pray with them in person, not later, but now! We choose to become vulnerable and feel their emotions, cry with them, wrestle while they wrestle, and fight side by side with them to overcome their mountain because we know the joy that awaits them!

Focus: What can you do today that is more than just a surface-level spiritual action? How can you take a step out in faith and instead of going through the motions actually relate and mourn with someone who is mourning? Guidance is such a powerful tool, but sometimes being relatable, vulnerable, and throwing away our comfortability can show the tangibility of God’s love.