By: Carole Lynne Haines
In my distress I called upon the Lord, Yes, I called out to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came
into His ears. (2 Samuel 22:7 NASB)
Some of you will think this story is coincidence, and that’s fine. But I believe it’s a demonstration of just how intimately God loves us. It hadn’t rained for two weeks, the driest Spring for almost 100 years. I had gone crazy with the flowers this year, planting seedlings and nursing them. It’s amazing how fragile those little seedlings are, just a wonder how they survive. I kept watering them every other day for weeks, it takes at least a half hour to do so on our one-acre property.
We were out running errands and there were some clouds in the sky, but chance for rain was a mere 5%. I leaned my head back, gazing out of the moon roof of my truck and cried out over and over again to God for rain. My eyes fixed on a cloud that seemed to be forming into a profile silhouette, I watched as the lips became extremely distinct. I blinked and looked again, watching this, thinking I was imagining things. I continued to cry out to God for rain, closing my eyes for a bit. When I opened them, the cloud had dissipated and was gone.
My husband came out to the car from the store and little, tiny droplets began to trickle down, I cried out for God to open up the heavens and rain down on us. I felt as dry inside as the cracked ground was outside. We drove to the next store and my husband went inside. While he was in there, the drops got bigger and bigger. I rolled down the windows and put my arm out, still praising God for every drop. Then the skies opened and showered down hard for about ten minutes. Tears rain down my cheeks as I praised our Lord God, the Sender of the Rain.
When we got home, only ten minutes away, there was the smell of rain; but barely a drop had fallen. The next day I talked to other people. They hadn’t gotten any rain at all. Could it be that God opened up the heavens just for me, mingling His refreshing rain with my tears. I think He did, but some of you will scoff, and that’s okay too. We do have a God who intimately loves us, rejoicing over us with joy.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.
He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. (Zephaniah 3:17 NASB)
Cry out to Him, dear believer, with whatever is burdening You right now. Lay it down and let’s praise Him in one voice as The God who loves us. All praise to our precious King and God.
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