Ocean

The sun shone beautifully today, and in late afternoon we headed up into the hills around Kandern. Good friends, Ted & Betty Dick, were with us. Not more than 7 kilometers out, a bank of fog rolled in from France, completely obscuring the landscapes we had hoped to see. Blauen ("The Blue One"), looming some 800 meters above our valley, provides the best views. Might we rise high enough to penetrate the fog?

The view from below had been one of gloom and greyness. But from on top, it was as though we had emerged from a misty ocean, an ocean which pushed into the bays formed by the hills as they descended toward the Rhein River to the West. There was no trace of the many towns and roads below us - a normally busy scene had been transformed into one of complete tranquility.

The transformation we witnessed reminds me of God's work in our lives. What appears to us as fog and disappointment, He changes to a thing of beauty, peace and joy. I think He will do this with my ALS as well.