Joy in the Presence

“The trees of the field will clap their hands!”

Isaiah 55:12

• It is an early July morning, and I’m sitting in my favorite over- stuffed chair in the living room. My two farmers, hubby and son, have just eaten their breakfast and have left the house for the morning. Outside, the morning began with thunder rumblings and sprinkles of rain. From our bedroom window I could hear the birds happily singing their early-morning songs, perched in the nearby cottonwood grove. Then the wind came up with an intensity. The cotton- woods are now dancing with the wind. The tall tree trunks are steady and firm, but their branches move with freedom as the wind does its dance with them. The wind and the leaves display an intricate dance, a delight to the eye. O God, help me to flow with the winds of life as easily as those leaves adjust to the movement of each current. Joyfully sway with the winds of your life!

#inspiration #cupofcomfort