But sometimes I'm sure that you, like me, have moments where even if you know--at least in your head--that God will keep his promises, the heart needs a gentle reminder that he does.
And what better reminder than some time in the Word... and a beautiful rainbow in the sky?
"I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ... Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind of the earth."
Genesis 9:13, 16
But Sunday, I waited for the storm to start then ran to my room and grabbed my camera. I took several pictures out the front and back door, until it started raining so hard our gutters began to overflow and I had to close the doors to avoid flooding the house. ;)
As the rain and winds slowed down, I tried again. And I noticed that the sun didn't wait for the storm to completely finish before it came back out. It was beginning to shine brightly, even as the rain was still moving out.
And I immediately thought, "A rainbow! Maybe there will be a rainbow!" In that moment, it was almost like I suddenly *needed* to see a rainbow. Something in my spirit just responded to the desire to see a reminder of God's promise.
I searched the skies, but didn't see anything. So I went inside and waited for the rain to completely stop, so I could go outside and take some "after the storm" shots.
After a few minutes, the rain had stopped and I went to the back door again and snapped a shot off to my right. And then... as I turned to my left, there it was!
From what I understand, the rainbow was visible across several parts of West Knox County, and was even more prominent a little further west than my house. But I like to think that God put it up there, right behind my house, just for me. :)
Isn't God good? That totally made my day.
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."
Hebrews 10:23
"The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made."
Psalm 145:13b
4 comments:
Beautiful picture, Liz. Your ponderings blessed me immensely. There is such a simple depth and encouragement to them. And I LOVED the picture of the rainbow. How wonderful that you right there RIGHT THEN to recored it all. Thank you.
I so enjoyed this post Liz! : ) I too loved the picture of the rainbow. Love you!
Dearest Liz,
For some reason, my RSS feeds are just NOW showing that I have a new blog post from the "Journalizm Girl"! ::whooooot::
I am not sure why my Outlook is just now telling me that. Your blog title shows up in bolded letters in my RSS feed, whenever you do a new post. Just this evening, your's and Wendy's titles showed up in bold, but your posts are from days and weeks ago...I have nooooo idea. :-) )
Liz, I saw the *same* rainbow. I remember that Sunday. I, too, heard the Lord speak clearly to my heart in it. Rainbows - a total metaphor and picture of the promises of God, and of the grace of God. I see Christ manifested in your life so abundantly...your steady faithfulness in relationship is already being rewarded, and will *yet* be rewarded.
See you Sunday! :-)
Liz, I just read this, and it is so true what you wrote! God is so good to remind us that, "The Lord is faithful to his promises and loving toward all he has made... He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them." Psalm 145: 13b & 19 and his timing is always perfect. God is so good and so faithful to us! Thank you for this blog!
Megan
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