It's Raining....

I looked out the window this morning and saw a sight that has been rare this summer. Raindrops were landing in huge puddles outside the house. Sophia said, "Mommy, let's go jump in rain puddles!" It's been rare to have enough rain to make puddles.
I don't really like rainy mornings.... It's hard to get going in the morning, you want to stay in bed just a little bit longer. But we so need rain.
When you look in the bible, rain is often associated with God's blessings.
True, you have the story of Noah's ark where God's excess rain brings floods and destruction. But then often in the Psalms, one of the signs of God's blessing is that God waters the earth abundantly to bring forth a good harvest. In these years, where rain has been sparse, we know how much we need the rain and how much we also need God's blessings.
Without rain, our yard turns into brown crunchy spiky grass. With rain, it is soft and green and alive. Our lives are like that too. With God's blessings, we are alive and we thrive. Apart from God's blessings, we become dry and life slowly seeps away from us. So, even with the gloomy clouds around us, rain gives us hope because it is a sign of life!