Harsh or Warm?

I know I've told you before that I drive into mountains every morning, but the mountains look different every day...some days I can barely see them because of fog...other mornings they are grey...still, other times they are snow-capped...and on sunny days they are the most brilliant blue.  Last week, I got the brilliant blue mountains on one of my morning commutes...and there was a twinge of yellow at the top outline.  The sun was coming up behind the mountains...and it created the most wonderful warmth for the sky and for the mountains. 

I had a few thoughts about it....

1.  It was breath-takingly beautiful...and most of creation is when I stop and look at it.

2.  Jesus is the light...the thought of God at times seems harsh to me...the idea of meeting God, of being in the presence of the Almighty...it's kind of scary...and I'm not ashamed to admit that...honesty, right?  God can seem harsh at times...reading accounts from the Old Testament and such...but Jesus brought forth a different kind of light...a mountain light you could say...or I will say.  :)  Jesus was light that warmed people...his presence brought peace, his touch gave healing, his teachings changed people's ideas, his actions caused people to drop everything and go with him...

3.  We are the mountains...we change all the time...we can be grey and dark...some days we can't even see ourselves because there's so much "fog" around...sometimes we get cold and even get a little snow on top.  But, when we choose to live with light breaking from us, we warm up the earth...and we are beauty for others to behold.  The structure of the mountain doesn't change...the light transforms the mountain.

4.  What color are you, O little mountain, today?  Even if there's a lot of fog or storm clouds are billowing...the light hasn't changed.  Seek the light.