Dark Clouds

"Are you about to enter some dark cloud? Do you ‘fear to enter the cloud?’ Take courage! It will be with you, as with the disciples on their Mount of Transfiguration, unexpected glimpses of heavenly glory —unlooked-for tokens of the Savior’s presence and love await you. If your Lord leads you into the cloud follow Him. If He ‘constrains you to get into the ship,’ obey Him. The cloud will burst into blessings. The ship will conduct you (it may be over a stormy sea)to a quiet haven at last. It is only the surface of the ocean that is rough. All beneath is a deep calm, and in every threatening wave there is a ‘needs-be.’ Oh! trust Him who is emphatically ‘the wisdom of God’. “…the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His steadfast love…” - John MacDuff