is a beautiful quality. It gives us strength; it is the mattress
beneath us to soften the blows when it gets tough; it is a knowing
very deep within that everything is as it should be.
At the beach from dawn a few are gathered to watch the sun
magnificently rise from the ocean - its a daily reconnect with what
powers us all. But for 5 days this hasn't happened. Everywhere grey
clouds, promising us that other Life-Sustainer rain, but just too
thick for even those awesome rays to penetrate. But faith holds fast
to that knowing that of course the sun is rising, we just can't see
it. The photographers pack up their tripods and sadly return to their
hotels, no sunrise today. But wait a moment. In fact there is so much
else; beautiful sea birds skimming across the misty pink/grey ocean,
fishermen slowly wading out with their nets, the towering majesty of
Gunung Agung; When we are not transfixed by the immediately obvious we
get to notice so much more, the beauty all around. The senses can come
alive with the perfume of early morning incense mingling with the
first batch of sugary pastries being baked for breakfasts. Observe and
absorb.
Faith gives us a sense of certainty that things do and always will
unfold without us having to worry them into existence. That there
already exists something greater than ourselves.
And we have faith that the sun WILL rise………………