I looked out the window today, and was sort of saddened by the grey sky… I also live right across a school and the honking of frustrated and impatient drivers were beginning to add to the sadness from the gloomy grey sky. It then began to snow and it just made me feel cold… snow + bad moods + grey, gloomy sky… it just wasn’t a good combination… But then in the midst of this, I noticed something…
Grey began to disappear, and a bright blue streak appeared in the sky. In a matter of a few seconds, a bright blue sky began to appear. Then after a few minutes, the whole sky before me was just blue with white (happy) clouds! And right when my sadness began to fade away, the sun appeared and a ray flashed brightly through my window and the snow still continued to fall, but it was joyful. At that moment, I knew…
I was dwelling in a perfect moment.
Moments after, this faded and the sky was beginning to turn grey again. But behind a grey veil, what stayed was the sun…
The perfect moment is only made perfect in Christ. In the midst of sorrow and sadness and all the unknown, God takes time to reveal Himself in the most beautiful way at the perfect moment. But creating this perfect moment – this perfect encounter – cannot happen to us only through the Lord. All of this happened in a matter of 5-10 minutes. But to see the beauty and perfection God reveals also requires our attention and our open hearts. If I didn’t look out the window the moment I did and if I decided to turn away, I would’ve missed this moment. So I’m thankful… SOOO SOO THANKFUL… Yes, for the simplest things… for the simplest little revelations… I realize today that a possible equation to THE PERFECT MOMENT is this:
God’s Revelation
+
Our HUMAN vulnerability and hope
+
An OPEN HEART
=
THE PERFECT MOMENT
…with the Lord
…it may be a few seconds, a few minutes, an hour or two, a few days… but it is made perfect in the Lord.