Rain

I woke this morning, very early, to the sound of rain beating down on the roof of my back porch. I laid there for a long time in awe of the grace of God. You see it has been around 100 degrees here for the entire summer. There has been no rain, no relief. As I listened to that magnificent sound, I dreamed of long sleeves and sweaters, hot coffee and NOT watering my garden. But my thoughts wandered to the spiritual relief of God’s rain. How when you feel lost and your spirit is pushed to its limits, He provides you with Rain, relief, peace. I went to my Bible to search for a scripture about rain (can you tell I love rain!) but I jumbled up the numbers and ended up at a different passage. A passage that made me laugh out loud. How does God do it? Last night I had a brief email conversation with my sister, whom I love very much. We briefly shared some pain in our lives and I went to sleep praying for something to give to her as much as to myself. The verse that I jumbled was that something. It was what I needed and now I have something to give her.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 27:13-14

Thank you Lord for the rain that brought me such peace.

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I tried so hard to get a picture of D in the wonderful skirt and leg warmers (thanks Auntie Jessi for the awsome socks!) that I made for her. But she was beyond crabby and had recently taken a black sharpie to her own face. I guess I should be proud that my not-quite-two year old was able to make a perfect ‘X’, too bad it was on her face! This was the best I could do…. I'll try again later.