May 21st, 2020: Praying for Rain...Praying for God's Blessings

 Praying for rains… again & again – Star of Mysore

Sometimes I really enjoy the rain, especially when it is light and refreshing. Walking through a park in the rain can be therapeutic for me. It helps me to listen more to the voice of my own heart while listening to the rain. People usually don't walk in the rain so I have a lot of space to wander and wonder. It is one of those days today.

Rain is the source of life because it brings water to plants, animals, and human beings. We can survive without food a lot longer than without water. It also cleans the air, fills streams, lakes, rivers, and replenishing the water table. The opposite of rain is drought and that symbolizes desolation, death, and despair.

The real challenge in some parts of the world today is drought. Freshwater became scarce. We realize how we have taken a natural phenomenon for granted. I know some farmers in Alberta who have sections of their farm that rarely get rain. Those pieces of land will become a wasteland. One of the major prayers of farmers is to pray for rain.

The Bible has many references to rain. One of which is referring to rain as God's blessings to different seasons of our life. How do we understand our season of life is based on how we understand our need for growth at this present moment. My realization during the walk in the rain today is that I need to continue to grow in my commitment to what is eternal so that I won't waste the precious years I have left on earth. So my prayer is that I am willing to be refreshed daily by God's spirit. That is the rain I am waiting for.

"that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil." (Deuteronomy 11:14)

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