The rain was plopping down in huge, fat drops the other day, and the sky glowed lilac in the late afternoon sun. I stepped out on the back verandah, and this is what I saw.Those aren't water droplets on the lens: they're raindrops in freeze frame.
The bigger the raindrops, the brighter the rainbow.
We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:3-4
Please pray for our family. Steve's Dad is very ill, so there are a few extra large raindrops in our family right now. Praise God that the rainbow of hope shines brightly in his life.
The rainbow fact is from Ben's Freaky Facts book.
Hi Jean,
ReplyDeleteAs you know our family has been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster this April and today a friend sent the following poem as an encouragement...I thought immediately of you, Steve, David & Audrey.
Child of my love, lean hard,
And let Me feel the pressure of thy care,
I know thy burden, child; I shaped it,
Poised in Mine own hand, made no proportion
In its weight to thine unaided strength;
For even as I laid it on I said,
'I shall be near, and when she leans on Me,
This burden shall be Mine not hers;
So shall I keep my child within the circling arms,
Of Mine own love.' Here lay it down, nor fear
To impose it on a shoulder which upholds
The government of worlds. Yet closer come,
Thou art not near enough; I would embrace they care,
So I might feel My child reposing on my breast.
Thou lovest me? I know it. Doubt not, then,
But loving Me, lean hard.
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Thanks, Jean.
ReplyDeleteMay God grant you all the grace you need to cope with the raindrops and many rainbows amidst the rain.