Monday, Feb. 4—the winter warm spell of the other day is gone and, in the far distance, mountains are covered in a new cloak of cotton-white snow. Snowy peaks rise up to the heavens swathed in a dark gloominess shaped by clouds that are too low and heavy with precipitation.
Then around five we were finally blessed by rain. It was dark and gloomy while it rained, and as I looked outside to this gloominess under rainy clouds, I praised God and glorified His name through prayer and songs, all the while longing for His presence and a view of his goodness and glory… in Nature, in a bird? Little did I know what He had in store for me…
Heavy rain lasted for about an hour before it left us; then giving way to one of the most extraordinary rainbows I have ever seen in my life...
Have you ever asked God to show you His glory? When you need to know He is with you, that you can count on Him to lead you through your desert wanderings? Moses asked God to show him His glory. He wanted the certain assurance of God’s presence. And so did I.
The neighbors climbed to the roof to see it better
and the neighborhood was bathed in a mysterious, glorious light.
“I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—before you. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion" (Exodus 33:19)
Beautiful! I am in awe.
ReplyDeletethat is a beautiful sight and yes, sometimes I ask God to show me a little something so I know he is with me (the white squirrel in the woods, deer, the fallen birds egg, the hidden blackbirds nest with eggs, the fly agaric toadstools hidden in the undergrowth all things I have been given on my woodland walks (and blogged about) - I always go out in the woods full of hope and am often rewarded. Nature I believe is God in motion.
ReplyDeleteI saw that double rainbow too! And did you notice (at the same time) that the west was lit up with a golden glow like I've never seen before?!?!
ReplyDeleteMagnificent!!!