Raindrops on my Sunglasses
Yesterday we made a grocery run. It had started to drizzle before we left, but quickly turned into a deluge of rain before we could get back in the car. On the way back, we saw some little boys, playing outside in the ditch. It looked like a grassy swimming pool. As we drove by, one was grinning from ear to ear and encouraging us to hit the puddles and splash them. Such uncontainable and pure joy on his face!
Today we had more showers on our walk. Brought back memories of running through the sprinkler as a kid. And it also reminded me of a long ago family trip to Edisto. We had rented a house for our stay, but were so excited to go to the beach, we decided to camp out at the state park the night before. And it rained. We weren't prepared for that. I remember the rain dripping on our heads as we bunked down, my Mom and I started giggling until we couldn't stop. There was nothing we could do about the Chinese water torture, but we looked beyond the rain to the joy of the week ahead.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us “to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” There is a time for everything. Some sun, some rain, joy and pain. A purpose in all things. We need the rain in our lives to help us recognize the sunshine. The rain points our hearts toward the hope we have of sunshine to come.
Sometimes we're caught without an umbrella. Not expecting the loss of a loved one. Not expecting our friends to turn on us or the stock market to falter. It just seems the bottom drops out and washes away our hopes and dreams. We were expecting sunshine and got rain. But believer, we know the One who holds it all and nothing takes Him by surprise. And one day our tears will be wiped away permanently. We need to hold on for what's coming. Jesus did.
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2
As I write this, the sun is out again. If you don't like the “weather”, just hold on and have hope. It's bound to change. Keep your sunglasses handy.
Today we had more showers on our walk. Brought back memories of running through the sprinkler as a kid. And it also reminded me of a long ago family trip to Edisto. We had rented a house for our stay, but were so excited to go to the beach, we decided to camp out at the state park the night before. And it rained. We weren't prepared for that. I remember the rain dripping on our heads as we bunked down, my Mom and I started giggling until we couldn't stop. There was nothing we could do about the Chinese water torture, but we looked beyond the rain to the joy of the week ahead.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us “to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” There is a time for everything. Some sun, some rain, joy and pain. A purpose in all things. We need the rain in our lives to help us recognize the sunshine. The rain points our hearts toward the hope we have of sunshine to come.
Sometimes we're caught without an umbrella. Not expecting the loss of a loved one. Not expecting our friends to turn on us or the stock market to falter. It just seems the bottom drops out and washes away our hopes and dreams. We were expecting sunshine and got rain. But believer, we know the One who holds it all and nothing takes Him by surprise. And one day our tears will be wiped away permanently. We need to hold on for what's coming. Jesus did.
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2
As I write this, the sun is out again. If you don't like the “weather”, just hold on and have hope. It's bound to change. Keep your sunglasses handy.
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