Counting Clouds

“Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind?

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?”

Job 38:36-37

A simple verse, isn’t it? It’s found in the Bible after Job questions God…and is part of God’s questioning of Job.



Who does give wisdom and understanding? Well…that’s God.



But who has the wisdom to count the clouds?  Doesn't that seem like a strange question?



P’shaw. I can count clouds. That’s easy peasy.



I’m just going to look up and count them right now. Maybe even in this picture from my recent trip to Alaska.

One, two, three, four…. Well, wait. What actually makes up a cloud – how many particles of water are needed? And where does one cloud end and one begin? And what about their formation? When does it actually become a cloud?



I’ve discovered that it’s not so simple to count the clouds.



But I’ve also discovered that the One who is capable of not only counting, but also producing the clouds, is the One who holds my future…and my hand.



It’s a lovely thought.



So in the midst of fun summer travels, time with family & friends, school work, interrupted plans, ACL surgery (yay Monday!), etc – I have found that one simple thing reminds me that I need to trust in the One who is bigger than it all:



I just try to count the clouds.