My dear loving Creator, today I sit
in my smallness and ponder Your greatness. You are so much more than my mind
can comprehend but what awes me the most is that You, in all Your greatness,
love me in all my meekness. I am nothing but a speck of sand in Your creation
and yet, You love me and long for me to be with You just as I long for You.
I remember sitting on the beach and
staring at the sand in the sunshine. It made me think of You sending Your
loving warmth to all the specks of sand. There were a few sparkling specks here
and there, reflecting Your light and the sand was warm on the surface,
reflecting Your warmth. It made me think how when we place ourselves before You
and stay still in Your loving warm light, we absorb that and then radiate that
warmth to everything around us. The sand buried underneath was colder and
darker, no longer reflecting or radiating Your light and warmth, but if left
out in Your light, it too could heat up, dry and reflect light and warmth
again.
I also noticed little gusts of wind
that would blow over the surface of the sand. The sparkling specks would
disappear but then new ones would appear and shine in different spots. It made
me think of the wind being like the challenges we receive in our lives or even
what the world experiences through disasters, wars, persecutions, etc., and I
realized that the winds don’t destroy everything because Your light always
shines. The sand may move, but if it stays in the light, it will dry and reflect
Your love and light. New specks appear and begin to shine which hadn’t shone
before or which weren’t noticed before. I began to wait for the next gust of
wind to see where the specks would sparkle next and I appreciated the wind,
even though it chilled me temporarily and even irritated my skin. I thought of
being a sparling speck and I realized there were times when I have buried
myself in the sand, unable to absorb Your warmth and light. If I build walls to
protect me from the wind, then I just remain hidden and unable to shine. So I
welcome the winds, though maybe with a little hesitation, wondering how intense
they may be and if they will develop into storms or even tornadoes. But I know
Your light remains forever and no matter what the wind does to the sand, when
it ends, Your light remains and those specks on the surface will sparkle once
more.
Oh dear loving Creator, thank You
for making me a speck of sand on the vast beaches of Your world. May I always
remain on the surface, ready to blow in the wind and sparkle wherever You send
me.
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