Dancing in the rain…
Overwhelmed today. Heavy hearted.
Was just chatting with a DEAR friend/sister…and was planning to go soak in some scripture, and then drift off to sleep…when the urge to blog came on me.
This picture above was one I came across when I was talking to another sister recently. She, like me…like ALL of us…is going through…stuff. So…you know me…it makes me start thinking…
Life is like the Rain.
Different times, different seasons. Different kinds, different reasons.
There are spring showers…and that is when the flowers grow…when the season of rest or death is ending and things are ressurrecting once again. Hope is renewed.
Afternoon showers usually are around in the hot days of summer. They are the ones that wash away the heat of the day, clean the gutters out, and cause the steam to rise off the roofs and the streets.
Many times the rain brings wind with it. And it blows, sometimes gently, other times with violence and force. It knocks dead branches and fruit out of the trees…and really shakes things up.
Sometimes the storms frighten us with the thunder and lightning…flooding the land with its excess. But, did you ever notice, it is after the biggest storms that the sky and the gardens seem to look the most beautiful, clean and fresh?
Today is a sprinkling day here. drip…drip…drip. Just enough to wet the sidewalk and the grass…to take away the sunshine and cast a dreary feel to the whole day. Bringing colder air with it.
When I was a little girl, sometimes we got to play in the rain. It was a treat…a joy. We laughed and loved getting soaking wet. We would squeal with delight… I especially loved using my feet to try and stop up the water making it’s way to the gutters. Feeling its warmth as it travelled over my feet!
BUT, my very favorite type of rain, is the showers where the sun comes out, while it is still raining.
It is a beautiful gift to see the Son reflected by the rain. To see the colors of the spectrum refracted on every little drop.
To stand and look to the horizon and know in your heart that a sign is coming. A sign of a promise made long ago. A promise to never flood the earth again. A covenant of peace, protection…relationship for His children. That is when I remember what it was like for me as a child
and how I used to love to dance in the rain.
Now I think I am ready for that nap…
Sounds like you had some wonderful thoughts there.
You know, a few months ago..I had my moment like this..it was raining and then the sun came out..back & forth. As I was sitting here..I thought maybe life is like that..you have to have rain so you know to enjoy the sun. If you can find pleasure in both…thats the love of life itself and it doesnt get any sweeter.
Thank you..cause there are many times when we forget that we actually do have a choice…and we can dance in the rain!
Love Debbie
I love that picture of the children in the rain. I can smell the wet pavement. I used to love that smell. And here in Oregon it rains a lot while the sun is out…. and the woods are so beautiful when it does that. I wish you all could see, and smell it. Thanks for the memories, dear Chrisie!
Maybe after that nap, you can go utside and do some dancing
My heart aches for you Chrisie. I love you and you are in my prayers.
I love your blog too and the pics
I feel so much better! I called a church in OK-lahoma…I got the number off of an email from a friend of mine that ministers all over the US. They are getting ready to have a prophetic conference there…
I asked if someone would pray for me…
and tell me if they heard God saying anything that would encourage me…AND they did. The gentleman said that I had a call on my life and that what I was going through was not my fault. That I always worry about everyone else, but that I needed to learn to love myself. That people have been stopping me from fufilling the call on my life. That people have been discouraging me…and he prayed that it would be broken. He said that I am very special to God…and God is to me: ) He asked God to hug me. I told him I knew I was called, but didn’t know where to start…and he said that when Paul started his ministry…he didn’t worry…and God just took care of it for him. wow…my nap was good after that. so peaceful…ready to dance again…rain or not…here I come!
I feel so much better! Before my nap…I called a church in OK-lahoma…I got the number off of an email from a friend of mine that ministers all over the US. They are getting ready to have a prophetic conference there…
I didn’t know them…and they didn’t know me. But God does. So, I asked if someone would pray for me…
and tell me if they heard God saying anything that would encourage me…AND they did.
The gentleman said that I had a call on my life and that what I was going through was not my fault. That I always worry about everyone else, but that I needed to learn to love myself. That people have been stopping me from fufilling the call on MY life…and discouraging me…and he prayed that it would be broken. He said that I am very special to God…and God is to me: ) He asked God to hug me…give me peace.
I told him I knew I was called, but didn’t know where to start…and he said that when Paul started his ministry…he didn’t worry…and God just took care of it for him. wow…my nap was good after that. so peaceful…ready to dance again…rain or not…here I come!
Meant to also say…thank you ladies…
I love you and your comments are teaching me how to love me again! (((((((hugs)))))))
Well you are just so darned lovable, how can you not? lol