Christ in the Clouds

So, there are many thoughts and circumstances that can roll through one's mind and heart in a day... Today, I'm really missing a loved one who lives far away... "You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you  listen to their cry."  Psalm 10:17   "So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you."  John 16:22  I'm also suffering from ongoing multiple physical issues that wear and tear on my emotions and make me feel very weak. "But he said to me,  “My grace  is sufficient for you, for my power  is made perfect in weakness. ”  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.   That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight  in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,  in persecutions,  in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Cor. 12:9-10 "When you pass thr