Devotion

"Hey, when are we gonna get a chance to go on the top of Table Mountain?"

That is what we were all thinking. A trip to Cape Town means a chance to take the cable car to the top of this flat mountain with a chance to enjoy the scenic view it affords. Yet, today was Tuesday. We had arrived in Cape Town on a Saturday. Each day had given us either clouds or high winds or a combination of both. And when these are the conditions then the cableway to the top of Table Mountain is closed.

So we filled our time with other sightseeing that we could do. We visited Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope in the cloudy, windy weather. We visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens while it was cloudy and windy. And Jordan even scuba dived in the freezing Atlantic while the weather prevented us from going atop Table Mountain.

Then we got the phone call!! An IMB missionary called us to tell us that the cableway had just opened if we wanted to try and make it up that day. So as soon as Jordan finished his last dive we headed to the cableway station and saw the sign which said "open." Whoopeee, now we get to pay all that money to get to the top.

Once on top the views were magnificent. We could see down to Cape Town city and the harbor, across to Robben Island (the prison island which held Nelson Mandela and others) and beyond. We turned around and could see the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to Cape Point and then over to False Bay and towards the Indian Ocean. What a beautiful, clear day for us to enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

View from the top of Table Mountain ... with Robben Island above Michelle's head

As we enjoyed this blessing I could only think that this day would not have been possible unless we had those high winds of the previous days. Those winds which seemed such a curse were actually a blessing to us. They had driven all those clouds away and gave us this chance to see clearly in so many directions ..... to enjoy the beauty all around us!

Sometimes, in our Christian life, we have those cloudy, windy days. We don't enjoy them but it is in those days that God is with us, working in us. If we walk with Him and trust Him during those times ... we will find the clear days and the beauty that follows. And then our vision gets clearer and we can see quite far ....if not really forever.

How is your day? Cloudy and windy perhaps!

Trust in Him and the days will look clearer.