WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

I've been a cloud lover for years. Just not the gray steel curtain that drops over the Midwest for about 6 weeks of the year. Those days are depressing to me. I don't even like the two days we have like that in AZ.

But clouds are a different story. Even storm clouds are cool to me as I watch their formations. My favorite, though, are the ones you can make pictures of. White billowy ones as a backdrop or a scrim to a perfect blue sky.

To me they are like a Rhorshek (spelling impossible to detect) ink blot test. You know, the ones where the good guys see butterflies and the maniacal see bats. It's what ever you put into the clouds from your experiences that you'll see in their formation. And isn't it that way with God?

When we're away from Him, when we're not in the Word, it's surprisingly easy to stray out of that personal relationship. We lose focus. We lose our way. I used to think Sunday worship service was enough, and it was. For Sunday. Actually, it wasn't even enough for the whole day.

You see it's the constant walk with the Lord. He knows our motives anyway(s). He knows our needs, our desires, our thoughts. Scarey? Sometimes, but like the cloud formations, we have our moments. But they're not enough. Unless we walk with Him through Bible studies, small groups, personal quiet time. Better yet, all of those listed.

We want to see "that it was good" (Gen 1:4) when we make cloud pictures. Not "make {our} bed in hell". (Psalm 139:8)

We don't want to see those pictures, even in a storm.