The Lord has given me such a different perspective on what clouds are. Clouds to me represent hardships and emotions, and God created us to feel and have healthy emotions. Therefore, we have dark clouds, stormy clouds, grey clouds, and BEAUTIFUL clouds. Just like clouds, we have lots of different seasons which bring about different clouds. Throughout my life I’ve always tried to put on the beautiful cloud for all to see. In reality, there were major dark, stormy, and grey clouds in my heart. Often, I only wanted to believe that those dark clouds were beautiful clouds. However sometimes in my life I just needed to come to grips with the fact that I had clouds in my life that I needed to let the Lord work on. I so badly want to be that beautiful, white cloud floating through a stunning baby blue sky. After a while I realized I no longer wanted to float through life. For if I was just a floater, I would not have deep compassion, deep love, deep sorrow, and deep joy that the Lord has given me to relate to and to love people. For I am human and have lots of different clouds in my life and am excited to be real, human, and show all my different clouds.
Since World Race Launch, I’ve had every cloud possible. I began to wonder if being here really is God’s plan for my life. I wrestled a lot with fear and feeling uncomfortable. What I realized is that the Lord is growing me. He has not forgotten His plan for me and I have to just wait and see what that is. He is not finished with me yet; He has a purpose. I can walk without fear of where I’m heading, I can love without hesitation, I can have emotions and hardships like clouds changing with the weather. For I surrender all of my clouds, and all of me. For, the Lord’s comfort and love satisfies better than any other.
This morning as I looked at the beautiful white clouds, I realized the Lord sees me and you as those beautiful clouds no matter what cloud you actually are; for we are His creation and His masterpiece. We have so much to be grateful for, for the Lord sees us as beautiful, even when we deserve to be seen as dark, grey, and stormy clouds. I thank the Lord for showing me the beauty He sees, instead of seeing me as the mess I think I am. He not only sees me as a masterpiece and a beautiful cloud, but He makes my mess into a masterpiece to bring Him Glory.
This is my prayer for the race: “Father, use all my clouds, all my heart, as well as my redeemed clouds to bring others towards You. Thank you for making me the masterpiece that I am.”
Ephesians 2: 8 -10 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Love you all! More to come soon!
