Saturday, July 18, 2015

The Sun and the Rain

The sun beats down from on high, drying up the land and baking up everything that it touches.  Clouds march in, heavy and dark, ominous and threatening.  The thunder rolls, thick with power and the lightning flashes to herald the approach of a storm. 

I am reminded of God's power and how He is with us even as the sun scorches and as the storm rages.  I am reminded that the storm ends and the sun returns.  I am reminded that the sun is covered by clouds as the rain returns.  There is gentle beauty and sustaining gifts with the coming of the sun and the rain.  Yet the sun and the rain carry and often do deliver hardship and pain. 

I am reminded that both the storm and the sun serve a purpose that is clear and yet not always understood.  I am reminded that without the billowing clouds, the lightning, the thunder, and the rain; that without the sun and its heat; and that without the reciprocal cycle that comes with each that this world would cease to exist.  I am reminded that these two immeasurable and unpredictable sources of power formed this world and continue to shape it.

So it is with the circle of living.  May we all love and support each other as we appreciate both the gifts and the harsh realities of the sun and the rain. 

Dance in the sun, sing in the rain; find shelter and give shelter as necessary.


Happy Weekend FBF - May we find shelter in the form of relationships with the Almighty, our family and friends in this cycle of life and in the next as well. 

<3 Always & Peace ∞
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