Photo of the day: A Visual Meditation on Starting Over by Jared Harding Wilson

The rainbow after the storm. Salem, Utah

by Jared Harding Wilson

As a preface, the other day after a storm ⛈️ visiting my wife’s parents in Salem, Utah, with a mist of rain left, I saw a beautiful rainbow 🌈 fill the sky! The words below came to me. I think we all have felt to be in a storm of life. Just know that no matter how long the storm and darkness fill your soul, that the light will come in the end:

The heavens wept a heavy gray,

To wash the weary world away.

But as the thunder lost its might,

The shadows yielded to the light.

Across the sky, a sudden bloom,

To break the silence of the gloom—

Arched like quiet forgiveness, high,

A painted promise on the sky.

It finds us in our darkest place,

A soft reflection of lost grace.

For every tear the night has known,

A seed of healing has been sown;

Proof that the soul, though bent by rain,

Can learn to hold the sun again.

Photo by Jared Harding Wilson. All rights reserved.


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Published by Jared Harding Wilson

I love to explore, learn, read good books, hike, campout, run, travel this beautiful world, create delicious food, carve wood, play music on a variety of instruments, garden, and have faith in Jesus Christ as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I grew up in North Carolina, and now live in the mountainous state of Utah.

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