Early this morning,
Wally looked to the East where the night sky
had welcomed a curious blend of rich, dark, striated colour.
What mix of weather was greeting the day ahead?
Unbelievably, two hours later the eastern sky was painted in a spectrum of muted grey, pink and the soft, yellow of the morning sunrise,
with a light duvet hovering over 'late risers'.
Throughout the spring, summer, and fall seasons I had a new appreciation and wonder about clouds. Clouds come in four basic types: cirrus, cumulus, stratus and nimbus. They are also classified by their altitude which can give each cloud expanded, magnificent combinations which interestingly gives them new names.
As a child I would lie on my back in an orchard on coarse, green grass dotted with clover and dandelions. The object of all this was to gaze up into the heaven-lies to be enchanted by a panorama of every form of animal. vehicle. and so on which were on the move or hanging lazily in the sky.What fun it was to share this excitement with a sister, who may have interpreted this cloud phenomenon to fit her own narrative.
Summer 2025 had dazzling evening cloud shows. We loved taking our suppers to the beach and stayed until the sun had set and darkness seeped in, scattering friends and families heading home.
The next five frames could be best projected in slow motion as we witnessed this awesome display of Gods creative handiwork.
Spring and summer has taken an emotional tole on our family as we walked alongside our son Terry with his shocking diagnosis of brain cancer. This was followed with surgery in Vancouver then back to Kelowna for heavy duty laser and chemo treatments. Throughout these last eight months we have witnessed God's goodness and small miracles which have bolstered our trust in our Heavenly Father. We are all praying for a complete healing within God's plan for Terry's journey. Figuratively we have been covered with a cloud of God's protection. On some days the cloud has lifted a little giving us joy and renewed hope.
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| Celebrating the end of 60 radiation treatments. |
We are on this journey together with Terry, Karen, and their two sons. We are surrounded by a great host of friends and relatives who are praying and blessing Terry's family.
It has been a joy and privilege to listen to Terry's stories of amazing opportunities where he has encouraged others in their hard journeys. God is not finished with him yet.
As I write this post we have received good news from an MRI that happened on Oct 25th. The report states that there has been a marginal decrease in the remaining 30% of the tumor which was not surgically removed. We celebrate this as a small miracle and hope and pray for more healing.
This photo reminds me of the word stability and presence
In the Bible, Mark 4; 39 -41 reminds me that God is present in our faith journey and that He has the power to control the threatening clouds and storm of life's hard situations, He will still the storm of anxiety and doubt and give us peace beyond our understanding
We will take blue sky and clear sailing and peace. When encountering darkening clouds we can trust God, who is sovereign. We will experience rainbows of hope.
(Water colour painting by Trudy Peters)
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