when it rains it pours

it has been raining for five days straight

down here in sunny San Diego

i LOVE the rain.

i love the sound

i love the smell

i love the symbolism

as i sit here at my laptop

gazing out the window

at the steady downpour

that has not relented for even a few minutes in the past five days

i'm reminded of my soul

and how it hasn't stopped raining for a few months

but it's not the rain you'd think of

when you think of trials

you'd think that i was saying

it hasn't stopped hurting

that bad things keep happening

you know, "when it rains it pours"?

but for me, right now, right in the midst of the storm

it's that sweet healing rain that won't stop

Jesus is continually, day after day

unrelentingly pouring out Himself

washing my spirit and my soul

in His goodness and His grace

He's flooding my heart with life

and with peace.

and just as I write this, the sun is peeking out

I feel as if God is literally saying, right now, to me:

"I'm still here. I'm just letting the rain seep into those

dry and weary parts that haven't been watered in a while.

I'm letting it really sink down deep. I want it to really flood.

Because I want you to blossom and flower

in a way you never could, without the rain."

mmmmm. i love the rain

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