Sometimes He Comes In The Clouds

Tonight, I was talking to fellow believers about how God shines through the cloudy days in our lives - there would hardly be any seriously committed Christians if we all lived every day in the sunlight. It is in the darkest hours that our capacity for faith in Him is increased, and it is in our weakest that we can finally allow Him to take us from strength to strength.

For no apparent reason, I posted the lyrics of this song above my study area the entire time I was in Paris; it was cloudy most of the time then indeed, but little did I know that both weather conditions and the song itself would be portents of things to come. And yet, true to His word, He came shining through at the end of the long, dark night of my soul - and He was there all the time, holding me up, even though I could not make Him out.

Sometimes He Comes in the Clouds
by Steven Curtis Chapman

These are the places I was so sure I'd find Him
I've looked in the pages
And I've looked down on my knees
I've lifted my eyes in expectation
To see the sun still refusing to shine, but...

Sometimes He comes in the clouds
Sometimes His face cannot be found
Sometimes the sky is dark and gray
But some things can only be known
And sometimes our faith can only grow
When we can't see
So, sometimes He comes in the clouds

Sometimes I see me, a sailor out on the ocean
So brave and so sure as long as the skies are clear
But when the clouds start to gather
I watch my faith turn to fear, but...

Sometimes He comes in the clouds
Sometimes His face cannot be found
Sometimes the sky is dark and gray
But some things can only be known
And sometimes our faith can only grow
When we can't see
So, sometimes He comes in the clouds

Sometimes He comes in the rain
And we question the pain
And wonder why God can seem so far away
But time will show us
He was right there with us, and...