Rainy Days and Rainbows

Sometimes we forget that children teach us as many lessons as we teach them.

How often, how many of us have been walking through the life, admiring the flowers and sunshine, taking advantage of the warmth and wonder... When rainclouds roll in unexpectedly and break open, pouring their abundance onto the earth?

Running for cover, we look up in upset and disappointment. No more walking in the warmth and wonder, no longer able to see the sunshine...

But we forget... the flowers need the rain to grow, and the Sunshine is still there, patiently waiting behind the clouds. The sun hasn't changed location, something is simply obstructing our view of it.

And then, we are always caught by surprise when the clouds part and let the sun shine down onto the earth again - revealing a beautiful rainbow in more colors than our human eye can comprehend.

As I think on this, a day not long ago, the sweet child you see in the picture above came to hold my hand on a particularly hard day, give it a squeeze, and point up to the sky saying in delight, "mommy, look at the rainbow! Know what rainbows are? They're God's promise!"

Thank you Kairi. Let the rain come, it might cloud my vision of the Son, but I know He has promises that He intends to keep!