Nonstop, torrential rain poured down on Florida today. Come afternoon, if dinner was to be served, getting food won out over getting wet. My family was enjoying the week together, but more than empty tummies would be growling if dinner wasn’t served. Out into the deluge I ventured.
My second stop, crammed within my route, was not for food but rather for my paperwork supplies. Little did I suspect that would be the store serving me my most needed nourishment — food for my soul.
Scurrying to gather my list of items, I was delighted to see no line to check out. T’was my lucky day. I’d get checked out in a hurry and be on schedule to get home in plenty of time for the salmon to marinate. Reaching the checkout lady, with joy, I thanked her for being open and ready to whisk me back out into the downpour. Surprised at my spirit, she expressed that I was the only person of the day speaking happy appreciation over complaining irritation. My response was that the drought, now over, would bring nature the ability to re-color our gardens. My new friend added that so many today admire the paint of bright flowers but fail to recognize the glory of the Painter. Wow! Immediately, my newfound friend became my age-old sister. However, it was this rare heart’s next two sentences that totally stopped me. Boldly she declared, “I’m losing my sight, so I thank God I can still see the rain. Praise the Lord, my God reigns!”
My life right now is “Blessed Chaos”. My mantra has become “Let me see you, Lord, for the storm is so dense I feel lost, and drowning in worry, fear and exhaustion”. As always, God hears and answers; but I must admit awe fills me over the way God chose to let me see Him today — through the eyes of a woman who is losing her physical sight but whose soul deeply sees and perceives His rain and His reign.
Thus, tonight, the thirst of my heart and soul are quenched by seeing and believing the rains of life may come, but My God Reigns.
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 