I shared a prayer request with a friend and that friend said to me, “Well, your head is in the clouds!”  In other words they thought my prayer request had NO chance of being answered!

Needless to say I was TICKED!  Maybe just plain mad might be more accurate!  Yes, my sanctification flew right outta’ sight!

I got in my car and headed home … FUMING!  I was SO mad.  I just kept muttering, “Who do they think they are?  Telling me my prayer has no chance of being answered!  With God all things are possible!  The nerve of them!”

It wasn’t until I cooled down a bit that I seemed to hear the Lord say, “Connie, think about My activity in the clouds.”

Suddenly I remembered a verse I had read while flying on an airplane, Nahum 1:3, “…clouds are the dust from his feet” (World).  I remembered looking out of the window, seeing all the clouds and thinking, “Wow … I serve a great BIG God.  God is out there skipping along with this plane, holding it in His hands and kicking up a lot of dust as He runs along with us” and I pictured Him grinning and having fun.  Well, perhaps this isn’t theologically “sound” but that was my mental picture!

Thinking about those clouds I began to think of other clouds in scripture … He sent a cloud to protect the children of Israel from the day time heat in the desert, He spoke out of a cloud, His glory is in the clouds, He ascended to heaven in the clouds and He’s coming back in the clouds …

I got so excited that as soon as I got home I took my Bible and concordance, went to the computer and began to make notes …

I call these my “cheerleaders”!  I picture the saints of old and family members that have gone on before me looking through the gates of pearl waving their hands and yelling, “Go Connie! Don’t give up!  Your answer is on the way, it is right around the corner, hang on a bit longer, don’t despair or get discouraged.  Jesus promised He would hear your heart’s cry!”

Personal observations:

(1) Clouds enhance the beauty of the sunset or sunrise.

(2) Clouds bring coolness in the heat of the summer.

(3) How many of us as children laid on the grass, looking up into the clouds and saw shapes and made up stories?  Clouds can bring smiles.

(4) Without clouds that bring rain there would be no flowers, no food … no growth!

Even though I live in the California desert I am not a sun fan but I have decided that I am a Son fan and as long as He’s in the clouds … I’m going to keep my head in the clouds because He’s there! Yeah!!!

Music has always ministered to my spirit there’s a song I remember my mother singing and here’s the chorus:

Back of the clouds the sun is always shining,

Back of the clouds the sky is always blue;

God has prepared a golden silver lining

So keep on praying, til the sun shines through!

Fanny Crosby wrote these words, “When clothed with His brightness transported I rise to meet Him in clouds of the sky …”

Steve Fry who wrote,

“Oh the glory of Your Presence,

We Your temple give You reverence.

Come and rise for Your rest

And be blessed by our praise

As we glory in Your embrace,

As Your Presence now fills this place.”

Enjoy His presence with me in the clouds!