June 4, 2011

thank you for the rain

I hear the sound.  And as I look out the window I see it.

Rain.

Falling wet and gray.

With windows cracked open it’s the sound that invites a brief nap.

Nourishment for trees and plants that grow.

The watering of the Earth that is His…all His.

And as I listen and look, I’m thinking of you.

And I’m thankful!

I’m thankful for the blessing of words on paper that seem to matter only to me…until shared and read by strangers that become far away friends.  Like drops of rain that fall upon needy ground.  Taking it all in.  Longing to be fed and nourished.

We long for the sun that shines bright and warms deep…but we need the rain.

We…need…the…rain.

To break up the dry ground…and fill the emptiness, the cracks that expose and need mending.

And so we take it all in…His Word…our words to each other.

And…we grow…

Because of…the rain.


(As we share moments here I want you to know that your words are like rain…nourishing…healing…THANK YOU for sharing)

Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like the showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. I will proclaim the name of the LORD.  Oh praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just.  Deuteronomy 32:2-3