On Rainy Days God Shows His Love

Every time it rains I am reminded, NO, BLOWN AWAY by God's love for me. On most days that it rains I find myself in tears, just speechlessly in awe of how great and powerful He is. His love was first shown to me by my parents. I couldn't have been more than six when I woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible nightmare. A very strong man was going to hurt me in my dream. I was crying hysterically and was inconsolable. My weary parents did their best to try to comfort me. Between sobs I could barely say there was a bad man going to get me. Dad tried to demonstrate how strong he was by showing his muscles on his arms. The bad man in my dream looked much stronger so it didn't help. Then, in my mother's wisdom she said "show Savannah you can lift the dresser." My dad picked up my dresser, it might have even been just one side. In my child mind, there was nothing more heavy that I could imagine, and my dad was stronger than anyone I have even met, because he lifted it. It may seem insignificant but to me it was very significant. I knew my dad would always love and protect me.



A few months later there was a storm outside. Like any other child my age I was scared. The thunder was so loud, lightning so bright and sudden, and there was so much water everywhere. My mother comforted me. With her loving arms wrapped around me, she explained that the Lord was demonstrating His power. I thought "Whoa! We do have a powerful God!" Its like, the Lord is lifting up my dresser, in a way. That has always stuck with me, to me His almighty infinite power is being displayed through nature and comforting me. As if He whispers to my soul "I am in control and I have you in my hands, dear child. I love you and I am protecting you."


In my walk with the Lord, it seems when I am wrestling with something the Lord is trying to teach me that "ah HA!" moment happens when it is raining. This was significant a couple of especially hard times in my teen years. It has seemed to rain harder as I refused to open my eyes, look around, and admit that despite hard times God's love never fails. As it poured and poured harder, I cried harder, my heart was softening. I could no longer ignore the power being demonstrated "The peace that surpasses all understanding" came over me and I was again comforted by His great love. Every time it rains, I go back to "because the Lord loves me, I KNOW He does, just look at the rain."
Romans 8: 38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."