January this year has begun with snow and ice and an unsteady beginning. And then there’s the thought of Donald Trump taking over America on Monday! I loved the BBC interviews on the news the other night with the people of Greenland!
We’ve seen day after day of white stuff, the worst winter weather this part of North Yorkshire has seen in 15 years. But today green started to emerge on the ground, the paths became less lethal and a farmer told me sheep have started moving about whereas they’ve been in a huddle to keep warm up to today.
Also tonight as I drove to Pateley Bridge the colours ahead of me were red and orange. A contrast to the drabness we’ve had over the last few days. Then before I came home the moon was bright illuminating the darkness.
This is the Christian hope fourteen days into January. The light shines and is seen again when the dullness and dark moments have done their worst and God breaks in again.
I was reminded this afternoon of Kamala Harris’s concession speech in November.
“There is an adage: Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time. For the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case. But, America, if it is: Let us fill the sky with the light of a billion brilliant stars.”
Maybe our task this year is simply hope for colour and light to come. The icy ground, the drab skies and the fear of journeying and scary political rhetoric to come do not set the agenda.
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