No Orionids

Okay, the sky wasn't really a dark as this picture, but it might as well have been. I totally missed the Orionid meteor shower last weekend due to the rain and clouds. I wasn't even going to write about it, until it occurred to me that I could find a lesson in missing it.

Missing it. Disappointment. How do we deal with it? Clouds come over and hide from our sight the good stuff beyond. It's almost like being in a cave. In fact, the photo above is one I took inside a cave in Morocco.

Psalm 142 is titled "A Contemplation of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave." It's a good one to read when we feel like we're in a cave, or that the sky is obscured.

I cry aloud to the Lord;
    I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
I pour out before him my complaint;
    before him I tell my trouble.

When my spirit grows faint within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.

Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
    no one cares for my life.

I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,
    my portion in the land of the living.”

Listen to my cry,
    for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong for me.

Set me free from my prison,
    that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.

At the very end is a glimmer of faith. God will answer because of his goodness.