So this week I have been working on my sermon for Sunday – it’s the first part of a two-part series on Doubt…Sunday’s title: The Dark Side of Doubt. Now the thing about preparing to preach on the dark side of doubt is that you can’t avoid confronting it, wrestling with it and realizing how powerful and how subtle it can be all at the same time. What I’m saying is it is a tough subject and I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out because I have found that people like to avoid doubt (including myself) as a way of dealing with it. It’s been a dark week from that perspective.

The good news is I come home today and get to jump in the pool with the kids and enjoy the perfect blue sky.

The antidote to doubt for me today? It’s not the family or the pool or even the great weather – it’s God taking hold of me and saying – “take a look around you, you are blessed.”

The antidote to doubt for you? It’s not family, kids, weather, or pools…its you letting God take hold and say “take a look around you – you are uniquely blessed where you are. To find our blessing not in our surroundings but in the value God vests in our surroundings…and in us (although it can be easier to see this under blue skies…).