Shutter

Tonight the sky was on a flicker loop. Lightening shuttered every few seconds. Oddly, there was no accompanying sound, which meant there was no thunderous warning. It just popped light and projected it through the southeastern sky as a "derecho" front moved its way through the southern half of our city on the way to the ocean. At one point I may have even thought I could see the ocean, which is ridiculous given we live 4-hrs from the nearest beach. But it was THAT magical!

After a grueling attempt at a workout, getting started much later than I had wanted, I walked in the door to a giddy husband who had just caught a glimpse of the light show through our floor-to-ceiling windows.

Like the adventurers we can sometimes be, we hopped on the elevator and headed up to the roof. We beheld 15-minutes of light beams. A few things that seemed revelatory while on the roof in the evening with warm wind slapping me in the face:

(1) our apartment looks like a resort - don't be fooled, it's expensive and frat house-y.
(2) clouds appear to shift between light flashes.
(3) we are so small.
(4) the sky at night looks no different than the sky during the day when illuminated.
(5) weather photography is hard

My husband was on his phone for 87% of the time we were on the roof, trying to snap a photo or video. This frustrated me slightly, and I could philosophize more about being present in these fleeting moments. At the same time, we all worship and absorb and process differently... And how we do that today may not be the same in a few years. In fact, what a better picture of shifting shadows, seasons and seconds than a light storm moving 2 miles per minute?

Praise God from whom all light storms are conceived and crafted. God of Great Contrast from Your people, Oh that You would lend us part of who You are... It's entirely too good and yet true.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17