The Simple Things.

So tonight after getting home from a really long weekend I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone, but I was not willing to leave my house.. again. On the way home from my aunt and uncle's house, I started praying to Papa about how I really did not like rain because it always leaves me cold and stubborn and just wet. I was like Papa, but thank you for the beauty of the rain and that you love and created the rain.

When I pulled into my driveway, it became clear what adventure God wanted me to go on tonight. He told me that it was to walk in the rain.. at first I was hesitant, but it just sensed an urging. So I put on my raincoat, flipflops, and capris and trudged through the pouring down rain with my blessing of a puppy. While I was walking with the mud between my toes, I realized that this is the image God has for all of us. He wants to pour on us, into us, and shower us with everything that his kingdom offers. He is pouring out his treasures of glory and joy and the fruits of the spirits.. and just as he knows when our hearts need this rain from him, this water to our soul, he also knows when our earth needs it. Rain I discovered again tonight has a beautiful smell that makes the world seem right and peaceful. No one ventures into the rain, but why are we holding back from adventuring in God's rain in our lives. The things that he is pouring onto us, why are we waiting to ask for these things or even just let him pour them out when he WANTS, he CHOOSES, he LONGS to give them to us. We may get wet, and stubborn, and even cranky when these things come into our lives at first, but the peace that comes with these things is so FANTASTIC.

So Papa, in my heart, I ask for the rain. I ask for the things you long to pour into me that I have not wanted you to pour into me. I ask that your well would spring up, that your peace would spring up inside of me. I ask and thank you for the natural rain and even the rain within our hearts. Thank you for that! :)

Thirsty definition: The salvation and spiritual nourishment that Jesus offers is compared to a stream of life-giving water--sufficient to quench our thirst.

O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1