The rain that began to pour was relentless. Big, wet drops falling around me. Attempting to take cover under my sorry excuse for an umbrella, it felt like I was only becoming more and more soaked. And I was only half way home.
Suddenly, the thought came: I’m going home. I will be dry there. I can change out of these wet, dirty clothes into dry, comfortable ones. I will be safe.
It’s okay to get wet right now.
As soon as this thought appeared, a new one followed right on its tail: Just like in life. The rains have come and will come: huge, overwhelming, life changing rains. Soaking me to the core of my soul. But I am walking Home. And there, one day, I will be safe. Stop trying to fight the trials. They too will pass.
I felt myself physically relax. Trust. Know. Believe. That soon I would in my house, safe and warm and dry. My shoulders loosened. The breath I did not realize I was holding, released. And I smiled.
Is not this how I should treat life? When the storm is upon me, to just allow the rain to fall. Stop trying to run or hide or protect or deny.
Because one day I will be safe and whole and new. Pain will be distant. Tears will be wiped from my eyes. Sadness will be a thing of the past.
And until then… just keep breathing. Relax into the arms of the only One who is strong enough to hold me. And watch as His graces fall around me…rentlessly.
Sometimes, I just have to let myself get caught in the rain.
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As soon as this thought appeared, a new one followed right on its tail: Just like in life. The rains have come and will come: huge, overwhelming, life changing rains. Soaking me to the core of my soul. But I am walking Home. And there, one day, I will be safe. Stop trying to fight the trials. They too will pass.
I felt myself physically relax. Trust. Know. Believe. That soon I would in my house, safe and warm and dry. My shoulders loosened. The breath I did not realize I was holding, released. And I smiled.
Is not this how I should treat life? When the storm is upon me, to just allow the rain to fall. Stop trying to run or hide or protect or deny.
Because one day I will be safe and whole and new. Pain will be distant. Tears will be wiped from my eyes. Sadness will be a thing of the past.
And until then… just keep breathing. Relax into the arms of the only One who is strong enough to hold me. And watch as His graces fall around me…rentlessly.
Sometimes, I just have to let myself get caught in the rain.
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"He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain…"
-Revelation 21:4
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