The reason is simply that at it's edge the cloud is thinner,
and much more light can get through it, and that gives it its
silver lining. Some clouds however, are very thin, just like
a sheet of tissue-paper in the sky, and we can scarcely notice
a silver lining to them, Of course, if we went up in a balloon,
above an ordinary cloud which seemed to have a silver lining
to us when we were on the top of the earth, we should see the
whole cloud bright because the sun would be shining upon it,
and it would throw back or reflect the sun's light to our eyes.
This is true of the darkest clouds all through out the daylight.
The sun is always shining, and the darkest clouds has a bright
side.
The trouble for us is that we see the dark side, but we ought
to know and remember that the bright side is there. Of course,
as we see, all this may have a meaning that applies to the troubles
of life, big and little. That is why people remind us that every
cloud has a silver lining. But it is even better than that,
for every cloud has a silver side just as a bright as the other
side is dark. Some people's minds are always like our eyes in
a balloon. They seem to see every cloud on it's silver lighted
side. These are the kind of people that it is good to live with.
And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who
are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
A Prayer...
Oh Lord, help us to focus on the silver linings in our lives.
Help us to see Your light shining in the darkness, as You enlighten
us. Help us to be people, who can encourage and lift up those
who are in the darkness of life. Help us to point them to You...
the source of all light and goodness. Thank You for being our
light, that we may shine before men as witnesses, of Your perfect
love and redeeming grace. ~Amen~
