I was watching our baby this morning while we were watching our online church service. That sweet baby is getting older and loves to lay where it is warm. She also wants to be right where we are, so she found herself a place where the morning sun was shining in while we had church.
You hear that? … where the sun was shining in.
As I looked at her lying there in the sun, I was overwhelmed at the thought of the sun shining in. As she laid there, she was completely at peace. She was happy and content. She was relaxed and not stressed. She wasn’t nervous. She was totally at rest.
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-25
Boy, has it been hot around here! And dry… we are definitely in need of some rain! Well, we got some yesterday! After an extremely wet winter, we have been having an especially dry summer. We have even had some concerns around here about the grass beginning to die, which is not good when that is the primary source of food for all of these cattle! But this afternoon, we got some rain. It rained very heavily in some communities around us, but we got a good, soaking rain. As the rain was ending, I took a moment away from supper preparations and walked out onto the porch. I noticed that the sun was breaking through and although the sun was shining brightly, it was still raining. It got me to thinking….
Have you ever been there? You might be there now. I sure have been there (a few times)! Living in the dry seasons isn’t fun! You may feel like God is a million miles away. Maybe life is a bit of a struggle and nothing is coming easy. Maybe it just seems like the rain will never fall again and you might just dry up and die, like my grass! But let me tell you friend, the rain is coming! He is so faithful and He won’t leave us in that season for too long. And when the rain comes, He makes sure we know He is the one who sent it. When He shines His face on you, you can’t help but think of His promises and His Word. Isn’t that just like God? You see while I was standing on the back porch looking at the sunshine that was coming, something caught my attention in the front of the house. As I walked around to the front porch, I couldn’t help but laugh! There was the biggest full rainbow (really, a double rainbow!) completely encompassing the east part of the farm. You see, we sometimes just need the reminder of His promises. He never said it would be easy and he never said we wouldn’t go through dry places. Hey! Even Jesus spent some time in the desert. But on the other side of the dry season is the rain that renews and replenishes and the promises that your dry spirit is longing for. Maybe the promise is still a long ways off, but seeing that reminder sure does make it easier to wait! Praying you get some rain friends, and a rainbow!
I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. Genesis 9
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