After the Rain

Have you ever walked outside after it rained and beheld the beauty of the brilliant green leaves and the effervescent freshness of everything in nature that had been brushed by the water droplets? 

Scientifically speaking, the cumulonimbus clouds release a deluge of water upon the earth. As a result of such outpour of the Heavens, some take it as a blessing and some would clearly state that they don't like the rain. "Cumulonimbus clouds are thunderstorm clouds and are associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lightning, and sometimes tornadoes."

 Everything God created was created with a purpose for the glory of God to be revealed.

 There are diverse opinions about the rain, some like it and some don't care for it. In God's sovereignty, he knew what we needed before we can even ask. God,  after the six days of creating everything on the earth he saw that it is good. "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31, NIV)

Rain is a result of unstable atmospheres. We see an example of this when the stability of the earth was out of sorts in Noah's day. God sent rain. One of the catastrophes of that day resulted in a flood that created an extinction-level event.

21 "And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved upon the earth–fowls andbirds, [tame] animals, [wild] beasts, all swarming andcreeping things that swarm andcreep upon the land, and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils were the breath andspirit of life died."(Genesis 7:21-22)

 Besides, we see how righteousness will preserve life. Even after the rain life can be preserved. 

Huestos is Hebrew for rain. It was quite a necessity in Elijah's time. When he prophesied there would be no rain for three years. "Elijah Tishbite, of the temporary residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before Whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years but according to My word." (1 Kings 17:1) Again we see this ongoing theme, the preservation of life. God held the rain from the land and every created thing. You may ask a few questions. How could something so good create such havoc and something deemed so bad preserve life? Rain can even birth new life.

Consider a seed that seems lifeless and lacking substance. Moisture, water, some form of wet and uncomfortable environment initiates a process for tangible outcomes. The beauty buried inside you requires that uncomfortable, cold, dark environment to affect germination. The circumstance might not look optimal but you possess what it takes to be cultivated if you will remain planted. Perceptions can be misguided based on a feeling and trusting in your emotions has the strong potential to leave you baren. There remains beauty after the rain only when you choose to see it.

Before a seed can come fort it needs to be burried and before it can become a tree it needs to endure darkness

It is when the seed dies; can new life emerge.