Will the Rains Come?

After 10 months of no significant rainfall, Lubbock got a downpour last night. I was at the executive session of MCC Lubbock's Board of Directors meeting while it was going on. As we tried to conduct our meeting, we would often become distracted by the sounds of massive amounts of water hitting the doors, windows, and roof. Cracks of lightening brought shared grins.

Our spiritual lives can often be mirrored by the weather. At times I have felt dry and dusty like the drought that still affects Texas. I question if God is present and wonder why I'm not feeling that contact. When a dark, little cloud comes over my spiritual horizon, I remember that God is present in all things and that I am the one who moves away from God. I am reminded that "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens..." (Ecc 3:1)

Then like last night, everywhere I turn I see evidence that God is working in my life. Sometimes I feel so refreshed by the impact of God that I want to run out in the streets dancing for joy, just as many of us wanted to go out in the rain. As God makes wonderful and exciting things happen in my life, I cannot hold back the grin.

I am called by God to remain faithful, to wait for the blessings that God will rain upon me. While I wait, I must continue to do God's will even when the sun feels too hot and the winds scour my skin. AND I must remember that God stands with me through it all.