Sunshine... :-)

I last posted a list of lessons from fog... now I thought I'd look at sunshine... or rather, sunshine and storms.
It can be sunny even when there's a thunderstorm minutes away... much in the same way that your day can go splendidly until moments before a disaster. During the sunny times of life, we often let our guard down, and forget that we are in a spiritual war against a very real enemy. We may stumble over something that would have been easy to avoid, were we on our guard. The storms of life can strengthen us and make us realize that we must rely on God... a lesson sometimes forgotten with the hard times passing.
Sunshine reminds me of God... all radiant and bright and warm. Very enthusiastic, and impossible to miss. It shines on everything, and even when we don't see it, it's still there. It's hot and pure and clean, with nothing impure in the sunshine. It's very powerful, able to power cities, burn things, light the darkness, and reveal secrets. It in its entirety is too much for us to handle.