Showers
High
in the sky, a dark, gray cloud.
Slowly moving, filled with a load.
A
shower's coming
before
evening.
A breeze kicks up.
There's
something up.
The
weather is about to change
as
this dark cloud moves over the range.
A
raindrop
drops
and plops
on
windowpanes
and
fields of grain...
on
parched grass and dry flowers,
on
vegetables undercover.
Everything
sighs
with
grateful aaahhhsss!
Plants
are relieved to receive
these
raindrops on their wilted leaves.
Vegetable
foliage welcomes
this
blessing from the afternoon storm.
These
drops turn into a gentle shower
chasing
in the garden growers
who
take cover
when
it showers.
It
seems the grass is greener
and
flowers prettier
after
a shower
passes
over.
There's
a fragrant freshness in the air
after
a shower washes through the air
washing
away the smog and pollution
that
often comes from transportation.
This
shower will also cause seeds to sprout.
Gardeners
will then have weeds to weed out
for
in the dry soil were seeds
that
came from uninvited weeds.
The
gardeners will also notice, too,
that
the grass will need to be mowed due to
this
afternoon shower that passed through
prompting
the grass to grow anew.
Soon
the gray cloud overhead
that
watered the garden beds
is
empty of its load
and
turns back into a white cloud...
leaving
behind gardening chores -
for
there's weeding, mowing, and more
that
wait outside the door.
Gardeners
are never bored.
The
shower has passed through
meaning
break time is through.
It's
time to get to work
on
my patch of earth.
*
* * * *
A
surprise afternoon shower may leave a fragrance
that
refreshes and cools the air making it pleasant.
There
are other surprise storms that are not so pleasant.
It's
the unexpected storms of life that upset.
The
disappointments
and
bereavements.
The
emergencies
and
urgentcies.
Mounting
troubles
which
double.
Long
sicknesses
and
illnesses.
Financial
woes
which
tend to grow.
Wrong
decisions
causing
derision.
Problems
which never abate,
they
only seem to aggravate.
Anxiety
day and night
leaving
one filled with fright.
Worry
rears its ugly head.
You
want to cover your head
and
never get out of bed,
hiding
away instead.
You'll
find storms, though, have a purpose.
To
strengthen us is their purpose.
For
these storms will strengthen our faith
if
we allow them to, giving us grace.
Grace
that will enable
when
we feel unable.
Courage
to get up and fight back
when
discouragement attacks.
Fear
will abate
when
you have faith.
Faith
will grow our trust
to
see God's best for us.
And
that's exactly what strengthens us -
it's
seeing God's daily faithfulness
in
the midst of troubles,
knowing
that God is able.
That
if we rest in faith
and
patiently wait
God's
plan will come true
and
our life renewed.
Just
like a shower renews
what
it touches through and through.
Remember,
trust God during your storm.
Something
special is waiting to be born.
He
draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams;
the
clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
Job
36:27-28
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