Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Running in the Rain A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said. "What?" Mom asked. "Let 's run through the rain!" She repeated. "No...

  L ife is not about waiting for the storm to pass.  It is about learning to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene   C onsider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces cheerful patience. ~ James 1:2-3

  T he best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   A s the rain and snow come down from heaven, and does not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, SO is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, BUT will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. ~ Isaiah 55:10-11

  T he way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. ~ Dolly Parton   M any are the afflictions   of the righteous, BUT the LORD delivers  him out of them all. ~ Psalm 34:19

B e thou the rainbow in the storms of life. the evening beam that smiles  the clouds away, and tints  tomorrow with prophetic ray. ~ Lord Byron   H e who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through sunshine after rain. ~ 2 Samuel 23:3-4

  B e strong now because things will  get better. It might be stormy now  BUT it can't rain forever. ~ Hailee H e set a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt. ~ Job 28:26

  R ain is grace; rain is the sky  descending to the earth; without rain there would be no life. ~ John Upkike   S ing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises to our God, who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. ~ Psalm 147:7-8

N o matter how dark the clouds seem, they are only clouds. The sun is always shining, the sky is always light blue. The clouds are just droplets of water, gathered together to tease people who don't remember the truth. ~ Chris Collins S ing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre, who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. ~ Psalm 147:7-8

I'd rather learn to dance in the rain, than worry if I have an umbrella for the rest of my life. ~ Nikki Rowe S hower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it. ~ Isaiah 45:8

N o matter how dark the clouds seem, they are only clouds. The sun is always shining, the sky is always blue. The clouds are just droplets of water, gathered together to tease people who don't remember the truth. ~ Chris Collins R ain in abundance, O God, You shed abroad; You restored Your inheritance as it languished; Your flock found a dwelling in it; in Your goodness, O God, You provided for the needy.  ~ Psalm 68:9-10

Clouds come floating into my life,  no longer to carry rain or usher storm,    but to add color to my sunset sky. -Rabindranath Tagore  I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;    I will sing praises to you among the nations.     For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,        your faithfulness to the clouds.   -Psalm 57:9-10