Fog

This morning I woke up to a gorgeous day!  By the time I left  home, the sun was shining in a cloudless sky, and the nearly full moon was still visible.  As I drove to town, I noticed how the leaves of the trees were turning various shades of red and yellow, showing that fall is indeed here.  As I drove down out of the mountains and into town, however, everything changed.  I drove into a thick fog bank.  Now the only sunlight I could find was scattered beams that broke through the mist every now and then.  You could tell it was daytime, but the light was muted and greyish to amber in color.  The bright fall colors were even drab.  I knew that the fog was only a temporary condition, and soon the bright sunlight that I had seen above the fog would reach the valley.

This made me think of my experience with God.  In reality, he is everything I know he is and more.  His brilliance is more than many suns.  His goodness, tenderness, love, and mercy are deeper than anything I have experienced on earth.  But all of his glory and goodness are hidden from us, much like the sunlight is hidden by the fog.  We know it is there, we can see glimpses of it now and then, and there is a constant, muted glow around us that reveals his presence in our lives all the time.

But imagine the glory, when we finally get to see him as he is!  When the fog of sin is lifted from between us and we can know true love for what it is.  1 Corinthians 13:12 says, "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." (KJV).