A Rainy Season

Life is full of seasons. Just as the land goes through fall, winter, spring, and summer; our own lives pass through seasons of change, refreshment, joy and sorrow. We can be blind-sided with a storm we never saw coming or bask in the warmth of a season of joy.

My own recent season has had months of rain intermingled with days of sun-shine, as I would expect most of us have. Most recently the rain rolled into a full out storm, though. As I have begun walking through it, the Lord is opening my eyes to see that without the storm, the rainbow has no brilliance.

Just this morning a fresh Word lept off the pages of Scripture and right into the deepest places of my heart...

Hebrews 6:7 teaches us, "Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed recieves the blessing of God."

What a precious reminder that the soil of my heart needs this rain in order to produce a crop that is useful for those the Lord has called me to serve...my children, my husband, and the precious ladies I teach. We are not useful without the rain! Just as the fruit in a garden cannot grow to its full potential without a good dose of rain, our own lives cannot produce a useful crop for those for whom it is farmed unless we get a little wet in the storm!

So, today, I am thankful for the current storm I need in order to grow in godliness...but I will not stop peeking through the clouds for the rainbow! :)