the Cloud

easter came and went. i have plenty o' pictures of family fun i will post soon from the festivities. but it felt like the "little black cloud" of our move hung over the weekend. i am a sunshine kind of person, not a cloud kind of girl.

but my experience was that in every sweet encounter with our extended family i was reminded that gatherings like this will be fewer and farther between after we move 1000 miles away. {little black cloud}

during our church service, i was painfully reminded that this is the last easter we will worship in that place, with those dear people. {little black cloud}

as i gave energy to an easter egg hunt or other family events, there was a nagging in the back of my mind "you need to be working on the house to get it on the market". {little black cloud}

my breakthrough came the day after easter. you know me, always late. our staff team is studying exodus together and during our time i was reminded that god appeared to the israelites as a pillar of cloud by day. a CLOUD. so instead of seeing it as a "little black cloud", i can rejoice that the cloud of god's very presence does indeed go before us. he leads us and hovers above everything in my life. and god's presence with me, in me, is possible because of easter. because of jesus.

so maybe i am a CLOUD kind of girl after all. besides, there was plenty of sunshine on easter, as you can see...