“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
Yesterday, I barely made it home before it started raining. It was a pretty decent shower with a couple of thunder claps. As I looked out my kitchen window, I silently congratulated myself that I didn’t get caught in it. I was in my house, safe and dry and my car was parked safely in the garage.
My hubby wasn’t so lucky. He had to drive home in the rain and it was still drizzling when he got home. It didn’t last long though and the sun came out almost as soon as the rain stopped. He ran out to his truck to get something and came back in the house smiling.
It’s pollen season in Georgia and everything is blanketed in a thick coat of yellow powder. You can sweep it off, but it comes right back. The only thing that really removes it is a good rain shower.
My hubby was happy to report that his truck was all shiny again after the rain. The pollen had been washed away.
I glanced out the door at my car, yep, still covered in pollen. I had missed the inconvenience of the rain, but I’d missed the blessing that came with it as well.
I thought about the rain for the rest of the evening. I thought about how we dread the inconveniences and frustrations that inevitably occur on this side of eternity. I thought about hard times and how we tend to avoid them at all cost.
Yet, often, when life gets hard, we learn to focus on the things in life that really matter and we learn to let go of the things that don’t. We find ourselves drawing closer to God, when we find ourselves in need.
In a sense, hardship washes away the stuff that doesn’t really matter and magnifies the stuff that does.
And when the sun comes out again, and it always does, we are lighter than we were before because we laid those needless burdens down and if we allow Him to, God will put new light into us and we can see new blessings.
A spring shower reminded me to stop dreading the rain. Perhaps you needed reminding too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
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