Fog

Foggy days. Everyone has them... and I actually quite like them (when it isn't an analogy for life). I have had a couple 'foggy days' this month, when no matter where I look or go there doesn't seem to be a clear direction. Days where you can't seem to be able see very far in front of you or behind you, whether you are driving your car safely, slowly down the road or trying to figure out the next step in life. Fog is fog and while fog lights certainly help they never seem to peer deep enough into it to help, right?

Also, fog never seems to set in while we are active. It is almost always we wake up, realize we can't see and are usually in a rush. Now we don't have time to be going slow and being cautious. So what do you do? Well I can think of at least two things. 

First off, when you are driving through fog you tend to follow roads you know right? Fog no matter how thick won't change the roads. I know sometimes it feels that way, when the fog rolls in that everything is going to be different just to trip you up, but fog is no construction crew. If you are experiencing a foggy day, the course God planned for your life hasn't changed, just because you can't see where God is taking you doesn't mean He isn't in control. Most of us have no idea what amazing plans God has in store and as such we should just continue to follow Him, like the roads we know, and let him worry about the destination.

Second, as a person who likes to take pictures I have noticed the benefits of foggy days. 

That picture is only good in that you can't see the glaring cell phone tower in the background. Fog obscures. In this case it was a good. Sometimes it can be bad, but in all cases if you can't see it don't worry about it... and when you can't see what is in front of or behind you, focus. Focus on the things around you. The little things. Sometimes when the fog rolls in it is simply to get us to see what is going on around us. Whether we are busy or not. A person can be busy and still find time for the little things, yet a couch potato probably is missing out. 

So instead of looking at the fog as a bad thing, its really not. It is a way to change our perspective. Just like when you drive through the fog you look down closer to the car, when you're having a 'foggy day' just look at the things around you. Celebrate everything. God. Relationships. The fact that you have a day that can be 'foggy' in the first place Plus, fog always will be lifted. When it does, don't immediately forget what you just focused on. These are the things that really matter.