I’m sitting in the Pink Room, the house is very quiet, well except for the soft snoring sounds of the two extra guys we have sleeping in our den. It is raining outside, a gentle rain that seems to calm my heart in some ways. It seems that too many of these kinds of days in a row can leave me longing for sunshine. Normally, I’m a sunshine kind of girl. But, today, I welcome the rain. I’m the same way about snow. When it rains or snows like this, it sort of gives me that feeling that I have permission to slow down and just rest, reflect and maybe spend a good deal more time studying God’s Word, listening to worship music, or reading a good book. It’s a nice feeling, a warm-fuzzy kind of feeling, a cup of tea kind of feeling.
So, as I sit and listen to the gentle rain…and the gentle snores, it causes me to reflect once again on how grateful I am to be a child of God and how grateful I am for all of the sounds of life, both quiet and loud. It makes me think about just how quickly time passes, about how things change so rapidly, and about just how much I need the constant of God’s Presence and His Word in my life. It seems, like I’ve mentioned before, that everything else around me is swirling with change. The rain reminds me that God remains the same, always. He does not change, He does not leave, He is everlasting and ever faithful. Just as He always sends the rain to nourish the earth, He gave us His Spirit and His Word to guide and nourish our lives.
It is in these still, quiet moments, that He reminds me of one of my favorite verses, Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” He beckons to me every morning to come to Him quietly, to be still and know, to listen, to rest, to trust, and to seek Him first in my day. And, when I do sit and enjoy the gentle rains, and soak in the Word of God first thing, what a difference it makes in the rest of my day. Every time I sit down in the quiet, I can feel His peace wash over me, His love surround me and His promises flood into me.
The next step is to get up from this quiet place of God’s Presence, and to walk in it for the remainder of my day, to remember that He is walking right beside me, step by step, through the change of each day, through every situation, whether joyful or challenging. I cannot just sit in my favorite room all day, I do eventually need to get up and take care of my responsibilities. But, I’ve got a little more time. So, for now, I’m just going to sit back, listen to the rain and soak up His Word, because I need it to face the day and to feed His sheep, just like our newly planted grass seed needs the rain in order to take root and grow.
Thanks for reading. God bless you
The New King James Version. 1982 (Ps 46:10). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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