The Mist

"you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." James 4:14  

Morning dawned foggy and misty. It took us by surprise; we had expected bright, sunny and clear like it had been every day for the past week. The mist was beautiful, though, as it moved around, came back together, and slowly dissipated.
It seemed to grow right out of the trees, huddle against the mountain and linger there; a beautiful yet eerie sight early in the morning. Usually the sun would have burned off the settled in fog by this hour, and the colors would be autumn vibrant. Eventually the mist disappeared altogether into the purplish haze of mountains, sunshine peeking through the giant trees. I watched it, caught up in its beauty.
The Bible speaks of our lives being a mist or a vapor. How true, and yet when we are in the Lord our mist blends into a sweet fragrance in and for the Kingdom. We may be like the grass of the field, here today gone tomorrow, however our lives have meaning and purpose.
So you’re not just a mist, here today and gone tomorrow. You have been made in the image of God; you are eternal. You were created special and unique; you have a loving Father who looks over you and watches over you as a loving kind shepherd.
It’s good to let the mist of your life blend with the Lord; you will be blessed to be a blessing. And that's good news for sure.


©Sally I. Kennedy
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