Overcast, or "solar hours"

"...for our good, and your glory, Lord."  -Pastor Hunter Harmon

A gray overcast day really dampens the mood of some folks; however there are others that sometimes look forward to the reflective, quiet mood of a cloudy day.

Truly, the Lord gives sunshine, but this alone does not make the flowers beautiful: they need rain.  And often, own a gray day, the plants look more luminous in the downcast surroundings, making the flowers seem brighter, or the grass greener, as if given a fresh coat of rain.

In fact, in many parts of the world, to many "sun days" or solar hours can actually harm plants.  You know this well if you've seen the heat of the Southeastern August or September slowly drain the life from plants; in the highest heat of the day, the sun wilts many plants in the Southeast United States.  Some of the gardeners would attest that once the temperatures go into triple digits, the tomato plants are basically useless.

We all need that reflective period offered by the now and then cloudy day.

In fact, for a bookworm like this author, the grayest days offer a chance to flip on a light in the den and read a good book in quiet.

As Solomon said, "it rains on the just and the unjust."