Sunny side

I don’t know about you, but the rain and clouds have been getting to me. Literally and figuratively, I suppose. How in the world are we supposed to make it through all of this staying at home and distance from friends and family if it is gray outside too?

I’m typically a glass-half-full, the sun will come out tomorrow kind of gal. Really, I am. But this is a little much.

Today I’ve been thinking about it. I don’t want to say everything’s rosy just for the sake of trying to feel better. I want to know that things are a little dark, but will get better. FYI : the answer is not in online news articles or watching the latest headlines on tv, or memes from friends or binge watching Netflix.

It just so happens that I thought of this old song. Maybe I heard it on a record we have, or I might’ve heard my father-in law sing it. (He’s also taught my children valuable statements like, “You can be mad or glad in the same pair of pants) … but, let me tell you – it’s not just about being sunny for the sake of wishing the clouds away! Here’s the 3rd verse:

Let us greet with a song of hope each day,
Tho the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Savior always,
Who keepeth everyone in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life;
It will help us every day,
it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

There’s more hope in the third verse of that song than we can fathom. In the middle of this darkness, we can focus our gaze on this fact: we have a Savior we can trust, who cares for us at all times. Remembering that, my friends is the truest way to keep on the sunny side.

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5