The Therapy of Rain

I am sitting here listening to the rain splash against my window. There can be few more relaxing moments than listening to rain make its way from heaven to earth. Rain is a necessary nuisance. Rain can be relaxing if one is laying in bed trying to rest, but rain can be a tremendous pain if one is driving on a roadway. Rain is needed to sustain life, because sunshine alone will not stimulate and produce growth. It takes sunshine AND rain. That is how it is in the life of a believer of Jesus Christ. God never promises that trouble(rain) won't last long, God just promises that it won't last always. I have grown to the place where I have stopped trying to figure out what the rain is doing to me and think about what it is doing for me. I feel the ol song that the seasoned saints sang which melodiously declared, "Rain on me Jesus, til I walk right, Rain on me Jesus, til I talk right". Rain on me Jesus.......