Of a dusty tunnel. I’m sitting on my sofa wondering why on earth did we do it and will the building work ever end? But as ever, I look out my window and remember brighter days are on their way.

Apparently, Aberdeen has been without sunshine since 17 January. We’ve got through one eternal week of building work and it has been relentless. Two days ago, my son,who is in cloudy Aberdeen, sent us a photo of blue sky and a spectacular sunset. There will be more grey days ahead but brightness is here now. It might be time to go out and seek it.

Do you ever feel that things are never going to change? You’ve buzzed for the nurse ages ago, you’ve been on hold for an hour, your child keeps getting sicker, your own illness is not showing any signs of improvement. Will it ever get better?

Psalm 13 asks the question, ‘how long O Lord?’ and at times we find ourselves asking that too. If you look at the world, despair could easily set in. But, at the end of that Psalm, the writer picks up and talks about God’s unfailing love. Maybe there’s something to be said about that. Maybe we can find a bit of happiness and hold onto it, like the birds I’m watching taking bites of seed and then darting away. Even if hope is fleeting, there might be enough of it to get you through.

The dust will be cleared away, the nurse will come, someone will speak to you on the phone, the sun will shine. There is light at the end of this hard time, we have to believe that. The sun has come out again today and there is definitely a promise of better things to come.