December Revelation

 

I was not able to take a picture because I was driving, but allow me a moment to try and paint one:

 As Sariah and I headed out in this morning, a puffy blanket of rainbow sherbet stretched across the sky to the east. Directly above the sky was clear and light gray—just another Tuesday waiting for the sun to emerge from behind the orange and raspberry comforter. To the west, a darker smattering of gray clouds stretched across a bluish backdrop, a promise of cold to come.

We headed east, directly toward the only light part of the sky. I grumbled internally at the prospect of sun glare, a real problem depending on what time we get out of the house each morning. Before we had left the house 200 yards behind, the light suddenly dimmed, leaving the entire sky ambivalent shades of gray. A couple of rogue snowflakes skirted across the windshield before blowing away to join their co-conspirators, who were already taunting other motorists.I resigned myself to a cold, blustery Midwestern December day, when I Suddenly spotted a vertical rainbow column to the north. I rubbed my eyes at the stoplight to see if my eyes were being ornery, but, no, there was an actual stripe of many colors extending from the ground up into the sky, almost clear and pale blue now, with the clouds blowing eastward.

The randomization of the Apple Play brought up the haunting opening chords of the “Top Gun Anthem” as the light turned green and we headed east again. We drove without conversation, both of us tired and not quite ready to face the day. With uncanny timing, as we crested the highest hill on our daily commute, the guitar riff screeched its climax, the clouds opened, and the sun blazed its crepuscular rays through gaps of the remaining cottony wisps, color-soaking everything in a brilliant, burning orange. God definitely know show to make an entrance! ...or at least He knows how to remind me of His goodness. And even though by the time the song ended, the sun had disappeared again and the swirling snow had picked up, ushering us along the cold pavement, my gray attitude toward the day and the weather, and the drudgery of going to work had dissipated. He touched my life for a moment, letting me know He was still there.