"If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth."
Eccles. 11:3 (NIV)

I am so happy that Spring is upon us... the Cardinals have begun playing baseball, my daughter is riding her bike, my son runs outside to greet me each day, and my wife's favorite tulips are in bloom! However, I think we all dread dark clouds that tend to frequent the April sky. True, they hide the sun for a while, but we also know that they are filled with RAIN... and sometimes plentiful showers! Oh no!

This month, I want us to consider a fresh perspective along with the weather change... Our troubles, like rain clouds, seem to always bring us blessings, like dark chariots of bright grace. Just as the clouds empty themselves, making tender herbs and seeds gladder for the shower, our God may drench us with grief for a season, but He will certainly refresh us with grace and mercy and blessings. "Our Lord's love-letters often come to us in black-edged envelopes" (Streams in the Desert, February). So we shouldn't worry about the clouds, since May flowers are brought to us by the April clouds and showers!

"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the sping rains that water the earth."
Hosea 6:3 (ESV)

It's noteworthy too that these rains, according to this Scripture in Hosea, are a reminder of God's FAITHFULNESS! So next time it rains, I'm gonna try and think about God's promises to me, and that He will most certainly come for His people, just as surely as it rains each time this Spring!