I Promise!

Rain! I mean it has steadily been coming down! I think it has rained almost every day or at least every few days for the past few weeks! There is a house in my neighborhood that has a pond in the front yard and just a few shorts weeks ago that pond looked awfully pitiful but now the water is all but over flowing. I went to Wal-Mart to buy a few groceries at the end of last week and as I was walking to the truck I kicked water into my shoe! It isn't really all that cold outside to "feel" like Christmas but it sure does "look" like Christmas with all the dark clouds. I have always wanted a white Christmas but to my recollection I do not think I have ever seen one but God gives me rain!

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I was driving to work this morning at a whoping speed of 35 miles per hour. I'm not sure if you have to drive on an interstate to get to work every day but driving on the interstate at 35 miles per hour (sometimes slower than that) will seriously make you want to scream. You can see brake lights for miles in front of you and you glance at the clock and you know there is no way you are going to make it on time so you might as well just enjoy the ride because there is nothing you can do about it.

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So, as I'm rolling down the interstate I begin to think about how long it has been raining. I was wondering when it was going to stop, wondered if the rain was bringing in some cold winter weather, wondered if the guy in front of me would EVER take his foot off the brake...you know...just wondering. I begin to think about God's promise in Genesis 9:13 "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth." Not only did God just promise to never flood the earth he gave us a rainbow to remind us of his promise.

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Naturally, my mind started racing thinking about rainbows and God's promises and how he gives us a visual. Like the cross! John 19 is the story of Jesus' crucifixion. In verse 17 it says "Carrying his own cross..." Aren't you glad that God created us to be "visual" people. Can you imagine what life would be like with something to look at as a reminder? Every time it rains and I see a rainbow I smile because it is as if God is just gently touching me and reminding me that he is there and his promises are real. When I see a cross I feel a tug in my heart because I know that Jesus died on a cross for ME! I was in the front of his mind as he died. Me! Little ole' ME! God promises to be with us always, protect us, guide us, love us, build a mansion for us and I know his promises are true because I have seen the rainbows....I have seen the cross!