Clouds

Maybe sometimes when I don't feel God, it is not that He has gone away. Perhaps He is like the sun, and has only gone behind a cloud. It doesn't matter what the cloud is made of, for clouds bring rain, and without rain there is no growth. God is still there, and evident, behind the cloud, but is harder to feel (and sometimes, to notice). Clouds don't last forever, and the sun always comes back out. When you bask in the sun, it leaves marks on you, a suntan, so a) you remember where you have been, and b) other people notice as well. When we have been with God, others should notice. Moses had to put a veil over his face so the Israelites could look at him after he was with God. Clouds happen. They are necessary for life. But they do not mean that God is farther away. The sun is, after all, closer to the Earth in January than it is in July.

You are a child of God
You are loved by God
You are not God
You are not in control of anything
You have a lot to learn
You are not stupid
But neither are you wise

1Corinthians 1:20, 23-25
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?... But we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles (and German Mennonite girls), Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.