Rain

Rain.

Things are different when it's raining.

People tend to slow down. They become more contemplative and are hindered from some of the rush. Not everything can be done when it rains.

In a way rain reigns.

It has it's way.

As I understand it, it wasn't always this way. Noah didn't know what rain was. Water came up from the ground.

Rain was something new.

It certainly does feel like it makes things new. Rain is cooling. It is cleansing. It is essential.

I believe God felt it was essential to us. We needed to slow down.

We also needed to wait. Rain doesn't always come. Well, unless you live in Seattle or Florida.

Rain comes sometimes. Sometimes when we want it. Sometimes when we don't.

Rain seemingly chooses it's own coming.

It is not reliable. We must wait on it's coming.

It is like an answer from the Lord.

Though reliable, sometimes we have to wait.

Sometimes we feel like we are withering in the desert... Then it comes.

Rain in the desert is strong. It is longed for. It is almost too much for the ground to take in.

When desert rain comes, flowers follow. When God's answers come, we change, we bloom we flourish.

We wait. It rains.

He renews. He cleanses. We bloom.

His answers nourish.

Rain.

Things are always different when it's raining.