Traveling across the sky

15 Jul 2012

Traveling across the sky

Time is fleeting. It passes by so quickly.

Into deep summer, the year is half over, and only five-and-half months to be lived. Never knew that life was like a 100 metre dash.

When still a kid, Christmas, birthday and the winter holidays were the only time worth waiting for. Life then was like a marathon. Christmas never came. Birthdays were too slow to come. And the holidays were too few and far in between. Oh, the agony of that excited wait… If life can be lived as a kid forever, how much simpler, peaceful and friendly the world would be!

When you grow up, time usually catches you unaware. It was dry last week. You get older by a week, and it is raining cats and dogs. Not a happy situation for a person who has works outside to earn money. I was tempted to grumble until I read this:

Rain clouds filled with lightning
appear at God’s command,
traveling across the sky
to release their cargo –
sometimes as punishment for sin,
sometimes as kindness.
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Job 37:11-13
Contemporary English Version

Do I still complain about the weather? God knows best what He’s doing!

Posted in Inspiration and tagged #inspiration, grumble, kid, kindness, lightning, murmur, rain, sin, sky, summer, time, week

27 thoughts on “Traveling across the sky”

lulu on July 15, 2012 at 5:18 pm said:

You are right about time. Sometimes it’s scary how fast it goes and I know I haven’t lived each day to the fullest.

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- khamneithang on July 15, 2012 at 5:20 pm said:
  
  Yes, one day at a time – with Jesus!
  
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Earl the Pearl on July 15, 2012 at 5:22 pm said:

Wonderful from Earl in Haifa

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- khamneithang on July 15, 2012 at 5:31 pm said:
  
  Thanks and God bless!
  
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dedicated12 on July 15, 2012 at 6:50 pm said:

Its a good verse. Job understood the meaning of pain. We can learn a lot from his despair-stricken pleas and complaints.

Job 38:22-23 NIV
22“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?

thanks for all the cool pictures you add to your posts.

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- khamneithang on July 15, 2012 at 6:58 pm said:
  
  Grateful you shared the verses from Job. Incredible insight!
  
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Wendy on July 16, 2012 at 12:15 am said:

Your opening words remind me of a hymn we sang at church today:

“We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, And wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.”

It helps me be less afraid of aging when I remember that God is always the same. He is so good!

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- khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 12:26 am said:
  
  Yes, God is good! And He is the same yesterday, today and forever…
  
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pennycoho on July 16, 2012 at 6:11 am said:

You are right. On both accounts. It is easy to complain rather than taking that extra moment to appreciate nature’s (Gods) glory, in what every format it is taking. Nice post. Thank you for sharing

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- khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 7:25 am said:
  
  Many thanks for the connection. Hope you get something out of this. God bless!
  
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  - pennycoho on July 16, 2012 at 8:05 am said:
    
    Yes, yes I did, thank you.
  - khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 8:07 am said:
    
    That is wonderful…
meetingintheclouds on July 16, 2012 at 6:39 am said:

Time certainly travels quickly, but that is OK because it means we are one day closer!

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- khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 7:27 am said:
  
  Yes, closer and closer…
  
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Valentina on July 16, 2012 at 7:24 am said:

There’s a Russian saying: “Weather doesn’t have bad weather”
And: “There’s no such thing as bad weather. There are bad clothes, however.”
Both proverbs point out that weather turns out bad only insofar it’s inconvenient for us. But who are we to measure this?

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- khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 7:28 am said:
  
  Thanks for sharing them with us. Nice ones with much truth in them. Bless you, dear!
  
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Where God Takes Me on July 16, 2012 at 8:40 am said:

Beautiful and so true.

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- khamneithang on July 16, 2012 at 8:59 am said:
  
  Thank you! So good to hear from you again. God bless!
  
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stenila on July 17, 2012 at 10:25 pm said:

I love this post! It reminds me of how when you’re a child your heart is yearning for each holiday and winter to come by fast, and the wait seems unbearable. But as you get older, it’s like you aren’t expecting so much from each season anymore. All you think of is whether or not it will affect your job or travel.

Thank you so much for this post; I enjoyed it very much! Keep up the good work!
Warm regards,
Stenila

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- khamneithang on July 17, 2012 at 10:46 pm said:
  
  It is so nice to hear from you and be praised so handsomely. I think that’s one of the rewards of blogging, and I must say that I’m so lucky. Keep in touch and be blessed!
  
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  - stenila on July 17, 2012 at 11:51 pm said:
    
    Thanks! Actually, I find it a blessing to read your posts from time to time. There are many meaningful insights that I may have never thought about. I hope God uses you as an instrument to fulfill His will!
    
    Thanks again for the wonderful posts!
    God bless u!
vcradlebaugh57 on July 18, 2012 at 2:31 am said:

I love the opening after the wonderful picture. It is awesome to see God’s glory in wonderful photos such as this one. You are a gifted writer and God bless you real good.

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- khamneithang on July 18, 2012 at 6:41 am said:
  
  Thank you, dear friend. Thanks for the connection. God bless you.
  
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Grace Rellie on July 21, 2012 at 8:11 pm said:

Thanks so much for your insight. Here too in the Midwest rain has been hiding. My grass has turned to eternal hay until next spring. However outside a few days in a row that were above 100 degrees, everything has been nice. At least that is how I view it.

I also wanted to thank you for following. I’m working on getting my numbers up and it is a blessing when someone such as yourself who has lots of followers takes the time to find someone like me who is still growing.

Have a nice day and as Red Skelton was unafraid to say, “God Bless.”

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- khamneithang on July 21, 2012 at 8:40 pm said:
  
  Thank you and it is so wonderful to be connected here. God bless you too…
  
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claytonbye on July 23, 2012 at 12:25 am said:

I find myself thinking how similar words can come from such different thoughts. Here is a poem I wrote about taking time to slow down and live in the moment. It is a true story…

radiant beams
a hole in the clouds
gossamer strands
speak out loud
warmed heart
a child’s eyes aglow
soul is livened
I drive slow

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Starlight on August 5, 2012 at 6:20 am said:

Thank you, thank you, thank you for saying so eloquently exactly how I feel.

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