When I drew back the draperies in our front room Thursday morning I was startled by the brilliant light that flooded in from the sun’s reflection off the snow outside. It was a sight that we rarely see in Texas.

I had been reading about the white cloud that had flooded the tabernacle that Moses had just completed , and couldn’t help thinking of the “glory of the Lord”: “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” (Exodus 40:34). The times when the white cloud factored into Moses’ and the Israelites” lives were many and frequent. The white cloud was a daily companion to the whole nation for 40 years, and a particular message to Moses when he approached the tent of meeting.

I have heard someone say that it would be easier to believe if we had a more tangible evidence of God’s presence, such as the cloud.

Jesus is that tangible evidence. In showing himself to three disciples in the midst of a cloud on the mountain top he displayed his tangible connection to both the disciples and the Father. (Luke 9:34). From the moment that the risen Jesus said to Mary Magdalene,Do not hold onto me…go instead to my brothers and tell them “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”(John 20:17), we have been given a brother and Father in place of the cloud. We have been invited into an intimate relationship with God. We have been sweetly included in the very family of God as children and heirs: Now if we are children then we are heirs—heirs of God and co—heirs with Christ…(Romans 8:17) He destined us in love to be His sons (and daughters) through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace which He freely bestowed on us in the one He loves.( Ephesians 1:5 )

The glare of the sun on the snow pouring through the window of our cluttered home office, nevertheless opened my mind to the presence of our loving God in Christ in every corner of my life, and I knew again that even sunlight on melting snow can speak of an eternal Father God.

Love in Him,

Prue