I love that God gave mankind a great promise in the rainbow. I love that we are reminded of that promise every time we have the privilege to see one. I love that the colors we see in rainbows are the minutest amount of all the color in the universes.
Since 1987, I began to understand a communication between God and me through rainbows. The message is always: you are exactly in the center of my will; you are exactly where I want you to be.
It seems they appear at about the time I have just made, or am in the process of making, a huge life decision. Honestly, I almost never see them any other time. For example, there might be one nearby, but for some reason I cannot go to its place to see; or, the rain and sun are perfectly aligned, yet no rainbow appears (that I can see).
Conversely, most often those I do see are a bit unusual, at least from my memory of them as a child. I have seen a sun dog (a rainbow on either side of the sun, no rain involved), double and triple rainbows, rainbows in rainless skies, rainbows between me in an airplane and the earth below and rainbows outside my airplane window on a clear day. I can’t even remember all the different ways I’ve witnessed their painting of the sky. Of course, these are not unusual rainbows in the scheme of meteorology. But they are spectacular to me at each time because of, well, the communication. It's not that I am actually needing a confirmation of my decision. Also, they appear when I am absolutely not looking for them.
It’s at those sightings I know that where I am heading, or where I already am, because of that mammoth decision is exactly where I am supposed to be. Even if things around me might not quite look that way. I just need to trust that He was with me in the decisions from all the possibilities.
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.”
To me that says: I am safe, I trust, I believe, I rest in Him. The rest, which is often the hardest thing required of me, is critical. He is at work. He doesn’t need me to fret, worry, figure out how, push open closed doors, or run ahead.
In resting, I have peace. In resting, I am assured to be on the path He desires which, in the big picture, can only be for my good. In resting, He restores my soul and then I can fully appreciate where I am and where I am going.
I am thankful for my most recent rainbow. I am thankful for all my rainbows.
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