Weather

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.  ~John Ruskin

     Let me just say that I disagree.  Okay, so maybe the first few days... the rain was refreshing and the snow was exhilarating.... but it wore off.  Fast.  I suffered through this for weeks... soggy shoes, humidified hair.... I am fairly sure I was even turned into a snowman a few times too.  Maybe cold and wet climates work out for you Bella Swann but... unfortunately, they disgust me.  Then, one morning I woke up and heard angels singing "Hallelujah!".  Animals were dancing around my backyard, and all of a sudden I was singing opra!! (okay so maybe it didn't happen exactly like that...but you get the picture.)  It was amazing because it was silent... except for the birds singing outside my window.  No rain.  Just the brilliance of the sun lighting up my face.  And It felt delicious.
    
     I can already hear it... "Bethany,  why are you boring me with a post about the weather?"  Well... the weather is the perfect metaphor for life.  I remember towards the end of summer, I was soooo ready for fall, and winter.  I was ready for the painted leaves to drift through the chilly breeze...... for snow to frost the trees.  I wanted anything BUT summer.  What's crazy is, when summer was gone, I finally began to appreciate it.  How this relates to life:  When you are living large and everything is going perfectly.... you sometimes forget to appreciate how blessed by God you are.  It is only when these things are taken, and you have to suffer a little while, that you begin to understand their worth.  You just have to last through these troubles and trust God to get you through.... so that when the sun breaks through the clouds.... you won't take it for granted this time.