The Lord of the Rains

This past summer, I was sitting with my granddaughter Lexi while she played in the pool.  Suddenly, I had an "AHH HAA! moment".   Water is not man-made or engineered by man!  I'm sure you're saying, "Um Karen, that was your ahh haa moment.  I could've told you that!".  lol.

Then I would say, "But isn't it amazing!!  All water that we see is hand-made by God!  When we touch water, we are touching what the very hands of God have made!"

And you might respond, "mhm...".  lol.

In ALL seriousness we can ALL agree that ALL water comes from the Lord.  :-)

What a beautiful example of God's provision to all mankind.  Without water there would be no trees, grass, flowers, plants or crops.  ALL need rain to grow and survive.  Water is the key to our human existence, our very lives, and it ALL depends on God's tender mercies.

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Matthew 6:26

that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.

Deuteronomy 11:14

"He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields

Job 5:10

Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? 

Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? 

Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things.

Jeremiah 14:22

Here in the Northeast this summer, we experienced a drought, all of our lawns looked more like those you would see in New Mexico rather than Southern New England, yet the reservoirs still contained water and the wells deep within the ground still provided water.

In the same way, we have the Holy Spirit deep within us, who provides Life-giving water to our souls when we are in a season of drought, emotionally, physically and even spiritually.

Tomorrow, it looks like our drought situation will be mitigated with the remains of Hurricane Florence promising to dump up to six inches of rain to some areas of Southern New England.

When we are steeped in trials, the Lord showers His mercies upon us.  My Pastor once said that were God's mercies represented by rains, we would drown from the abundance.

One of the ways my husband and I looked forward to enjoying our screened-in porch was to be out there during a gentle rain.  There's just something about being warm and cozy inside, yet enjoying the fresh air while listening to the gentle rains.

We experience God's gentle showers in times of prosperity.  His love and care are still discernible through the joy we feel and the gratitude we express for His constant provision in seasons of drought and seasons of torrential rains.

For it is in the gentle showers that we reflect upon all that the Lord has done for us and we see how our faith has been strengthened.

O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

1 Chronicles 16:34

I never cease to be amazed in ALL the ways that the Lord shows Himself through His creation, through our life and circumstances and through His Word.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

We have this constant reminder through water and rain that the Lord is ALWAYS present and He will ALWAYS provide.

The next time it rains or you turn on the faucet, reflect upon God's goodness and provision, and ALL His life-giving, hope-filled, merciful ways.  :-)



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