“Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4
I am on official Matterhorn watch. When we arrived in Zermatt yesterday, it was raining. We had no idea our hotel room was going to have such a nice view until John looked out and asked me if I thought the ghostly mountainous image in the distance could be the Matterhorn. 
I looked in the direction he was pointing, and I exclaimed, “Yes!” while in my mind I wondered, “Is this the best view we’re going to get?” I knew the weather forecast was not a good one, but I knew our God could do anything, so I prayed for better weather and an opportunity for John to see this mountain.
This morning when I looked out, I saw a tiny spot of blue. It reminded me of the story in I Kings 18. Just a tiny cloud produced a “great rain.” I hoped my little patch of blue sky would produce a cloudless opportunity to view the Matterhorn.
If you know my husband, you know his love for mountains. He wanted so badly to ride the gondola up to a viewpoint, so I kissed him goodbye and sent him on his way. My job was to monitor the Matterhorn from our balcony. I was ready for when God was going to clear away the clouds and I could get “the picture.”
The view was getting better! The mountain was playing hide-and-seek in and out of the clouds, which was why I sat by the window, camera in hand, ready to run out onto the balcony the moment the peak appeared!
As I sat observing the clouds dissipate, the thrill of watching God work brought tears to my eyes. Why would He do this for us? Such a tiny thing in the overall scheme of things, yet the God of all creation chose to move the clouds away so His children could catch a glimpse of a mountain He made. How great the Father’s love!
Psalm 27:24 “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD”
Psalm 147:7-8 “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”
While I was in Zermatt taking my pictures of the Matterhorn, here is what John was doing at 7,979 feet.
This is what John saw at 12,739 feet.
Top-left: Just over his hat, you can see the Matterhorn.
Top-right: Matterhorn peak
Bottom: Matterhorn Glacier Paradise station
For the record, it’s supposed to be raining right now.
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Isaiah 52:7 “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”