The Rain

It's raining again. It has been a very wet winter. We all have spent a lot of time confined indoors and our backyard is a quagmire. Every day I seem to have a conversation with somebody along the lines of "God I wish it would stop raining" or "Gee, whats up with this weather?" One can hardly be blamed for being a little stir crazy.

I take comfort in looking at the rain in a different light: Imagine the journey of a rain drop. Imagine how atmospheric moister condenses and forms into droplets which join with other droplets as it free falls towards the earth. Imagine how in hits the ground and soaks into the soil where it is absorbed into the roots of a plant that becomes food for an animal. That animal becomes food for another animal which expels the drop as waste where it once again journeys into the soil. Eventually the drop will evaporate and continue it's sojourn in the wind to once again condenses in another part of the globe and start the adventure all over again.

Each drop of rain is the gift of life. Each drop of rain is a gift of God.It is certainly true that the rain sometimes causes problems like floods and mudslides and the like, but these catastrophes are usually indicators of the folly of man. In our greed, we sometimes build where we shouldn't or try to change the course of nature or otherwise fool around with what is already perfect. The rain can hardly be blamed for our own lack of foresight and caring.

The rain will come and go in it's own time and of it's own authority. How wonderful it would be if we looked at the rain as the gift that it is, not as a nuisance. Get some good rain gear and take a walk in it. Celebrate it, embrace it. The sun will shine soon enough and springs explosion of life and color will be the legacy of the rain. Praise the creator for this wonderful blessing.