This morning at my women’s bible study I was sitting in the second row of chairs. I was wearing a wrist watch that had a silver face and numbers. When my head was bowed in prayer, I noticed the face of my watch. It was magenta pink. I lifted my eyes to see that it was reflecting off the bright pink top of the woman in the chair in front of me. If I turned my wrist up toward the ceiling, the face of the watch was silver again. If I turned it toward myself, it became a beautiful turquoise color, reflecting off of my sweater. It’s true silver color was only shown if it was facing up, if it was turned any other way it was falsely colored. Even though the colors were beautiful, they were not real and disappeared quickly.
This reminded me of how many times we forget to turn our face “up” where we know we can find the only true help, answers, and peace we seek. Often we look first to this person and then to that one for help. Their advice appears to help a bit, only to fade quickly and we’re searching again. When we look “up” the true light shines on our face, as it did on my watch. My watch just became a new touchstone.
There’s a great song by Casting Crowns called Praise You In This Storm. I have two favorite parts in it. It begins by saying:
“I was sure by now, that you would have reached down and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day,
But once again, I say amen and it’s still rainin’.
But as the thunder rolls, I hear you whisper through the rain “I’m still with you….”
Then near the end it says:
“I lift my eyes unto the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord…”
Great song and so worth the $1.29. Both the song and the watch serve to remind me where “my help comes from” and which way faces ought to face.
And so, as another day goes by, I learn how to face my days, and…I have written.
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Photo taken last week in Falmouth. I was having a great beach walk with my author friend Joan, and I’m glad I looked up!
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