When It Rains . . . It Sometimes Pours!

Given the choice, I would choose a bright sunny day over a dreary rainy day every time! And I am guessing, you would most likely do the same. Yet, what would life be without the rain. For starters, what would we drink and eat? Without a good supply of clean drinking water, life is hard at best and impossible at worst. Our food supply is totally dependent upon receiving an adequate amount of rain. When a drought raises up its ugly head, famine and death are sure to follow. So we might complain about the rain ... but without it we would be doomed.

So it is with life. I'm sure we would all love to enjoy a continual string of "sunny days." But life is not like that. This world is a broken one. As a result, some days it rains. Sometimes the rain that falls is nothing more than an irritating off and on drizzle. At other times, the rain is more steady and more persistent. And then there are those days that the dark storm clouds roll in, the heavens open and we are drenched to the bone.

Right now, my family is experiencing the latter with the impending surgery (scheduled for later today) of our three week old grandson. Earlier this week an ultrasound revealed a tumor on his kidney. Therefore the need for surgery. Now we could choose to respond to this situation out of fear. Fearful of what could happen to the baby as the doctors perform the needed surgery. Fearful of possible complications. Fearful of what lies beyond the surgery. Or we could choose to respond in faith. Faith in our God who unlike us was not caught by surprise by all of this. Faith in our God who we know loves us and loves baby Nolan. Faith in our God who works all things together for the good of those who love him (Romans 8:28). Faith that in this difficulty, as in all of life's trials, God is at work, fashioning us into the people he desires for us to be (Romans 5:3-5; James 1:2-4).

Please pray for my family, especially baby Nolan and his mom and dad (my daughter and son-in-law). Ask God to give us the grace to respond to this storm in faith. Pray that his Spirit would help us to choose faith over fear. To believe that even in the midst of this storm, God's hand is upon us all.

Thanks for stopping by . . .

pj