My office has many windows. This can be a good and a bad thing. On gray and blustery days (like we've been having...), it makes my office dark, depressing, and cold. I find that a little extra diet coke or a nice, hot cup of coffee is necessary on those days! But on a sunny day like today, it means that my office is brighter, warmer, and happier. I love days like this. Sunshine just has a way of affecting my attitude and my motivation. It is not that I hate a gray day. Those can be good and productive days, too. Gray days are some of the best days to curl up with a good book or spend extra time in silence and prayer. Each day - gray or sunny - has something to offer.
But there's something about a bright, sunny day that affects us. It gives us...energy...hope. It invigorates us. I don't think this is a bad thing. Sunshine is God's ideas...and so is shade. Both types of days ought to teach us something. Perhaps sunshine invigorates and gray days cause us to contemplate. Maybe for some of you it is something completely different. One thing is sure, thought. Everyday is a day that the Lord has given us and that alone ought to cause us to praise him - sunshine or rain.
Roald Dahl, author of the peculiar Willy Wonka books, once said, "Watch with glittering eyes the world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely of places." I've framed this quote and placed on my desk here at work. It serves as a reminder to me just to be present each day and take notice of what God is doing and saying around me. I am not sure that is what Dahl was aiming for with his words, but that is what they inspire in me. May they do the same for you.
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