Hope Road

when i woke up this morning, i looked out the window. it’s pretty much the first thing i do every morning. the sun was finally out and had just fully crested the horizon, frostily brilliant, enough to make me squint.

as a kid, i didn’t really like sunshine. i preferred the coziness of rainy mornings or snowy afternoons. but as i got older, i fell in love with autumn, with walking on leafy paths in the park, seeing the changing colors and smelling the crisp air. and when i moved to this cold, snowy northern state, i grew to long for spring and welcome it with good tidings and great joy. green grass, flip flops, and being able to breathe without cringing were all things i had taken for granted.

and i started to love sunshine so much more.

this morning was beautifully sunny, and it’s now mid-afternoon. gray clouds have gradually taken over the sky, and there’s not much of that glorious blue remaining. but i feel more cheerful from the glimpses we had earlier.

i don’t know what the point of this is. i guess i’m just thinking about that switchfoot song, “the shadow proves the sunshine.” (it’s what this post title is from.) i’m not one to post lyrics, that’s for sure. but here are a few anyway. i relate to them so, so much… more the sunshine than the shadows right now. it’s like He has let my shadows prove the sunshine.

sunshine, won’t you be my mother? sunshine, come and help me sing. my heart is darker than these oceans. my heart is frozen underneath. we are crooked souls trying to stay up straight, dry eyes in the pouring rain where the shadow proves the sunshine, the shadow proves the sunshine. two scared little runaways hold fast to the break of daylight where the shadow proves the sunshine, the shadow proves the sunshine. oh Lord why did you forsake me? oh Lord don’t be far away. storm clouds gathering beside me, please Lord, don’t look the other way. shine on me, let my shadows prove the sunshine.

Filed under: Personal Reflection on January 24th, 2008