by Rev. Paul Hoyt
Member, Board of Directors

In a class I was attending recently, the facilitator led a guided meditation. At one point, she asked us to draw something inspired by the meditation. My first thought was clouds, so I drew clouds.

Then I thought of mountains underneath the clouds, so I drew mountain peaks. I was then inspired to draw rain coming down from the clouds. My next thought was of the sun shining over the clouds. So, I drew a sun with many rays of sunlight streaming from it.

At that moment, it occurred to me that the sun is always shining whether there are clouds blocking out its light or not. If it is raining or snowing or if there is a tornado or a sandstorm, the sun is still shining. Even at night, the sun is shining.

The sun keeps the earth in its revolution. It drives weather, ocean currents, seasons, and climate. It makes plant life possible through photosynthesis. Without the sun’s heat and light, life on earth would not exist.

My next thought was this is a perfect analogy for God. God is always shining no matter what we are doing or thinking. We are the mountains, and the clouds are the things in our lives and thoughts in our mind that block us from receiving all that God is.

God is the sun that is always shining, always giving always supporting, always loving.  Sometimes it is just the clouds blocking the sun, and sometimes it is the whole of the earth.

God’s love, understanding, peace, guidance, abundance, givingness and all the multitudes of other attributes are ours by Divine Right. At any moment, we can push the clouds away, step out from behind the earth and see and feel the Light. It’s always there.