I was driving down the road and noticed all the clouds in the sky
I notice the clouds a lot
I stare at the sky often
It’s like my happy place where I can sit and watch God create beauty
A lot of times I think he is just showing off how awesome of an artist he is
Often there are lots of clouds in the sky
But today I noticed something different
Today they were layered
One layer of clouds after the other
All different colors and sizes
As I continued driving towards them my mind wandered
Layers upon layers of clouds
But what would happen if I peeled back these layers of clouds?
One layer at a time if I ripped the clouds away
What would I see?
Eventually the layers would run out
And I would be staring at a beautifully colored yet cloudless sky
My heart is like this cloudless sky
It’s beautiful and whole and radiant
But so often I hid it
I don’t want to go to the hard places with people
I don’t want to be vulnerable
I don’t want to expose the deepest parts of my heart
So I start layering the clouds on
Layer after layer I cover my heart up
Until all you see is dark nastiness
The beauty can’t be seen
The radiance is hidden
Today the clouds were blocking me
From being able to see the beauty of God’s clear sky
There was no happiness or sunshine radiating for me to see
And this is how my life looks a lot of times
I have these layers hiding my joy and happiness
I keep myself hidden and people don’t see sunshine radiating from me
As I kept driving the layers upon layers of clouds slowly began to disappear
With each layer that was removed I began to see a little more blue in the sky
The sun began to shine a little brighter for me to see
Until all of the clouds were washed away
And before me God had created a beautiful blue, sunshiny, cloudless sky
My favorite part about the sky today
Was it is exactly like me
When I begin to pull back those layers
When I begin to let people truly see my heart
When I decide to go into those hard, deep places with people
Then my heart shines radiantly
My heart is beautiful and whole and beaming for others to see
What layers do you need to remove so your heart is fully exposed to others?
Meagan this was so great! I know without a doubt your heart is beautiful, and I’m anxiously waiting when your clouds start disintegrating before me and I get to truly know more and more of who you are. Until then, I’ll just think of you every time I see a cloud 🙂
Don’t judge me on first impressions 🙂 give me another chance to answer questions! I promise it will be better 🙂
No judging here…ain’t nobody got time for that! And besides, we’ll have plenty of time in Nepal 🙂