Rain

IT rained most of the day today.
Normally for me that would be a reason for complaint as I am very much a warm sun and blue skies kind of a girl, but God has been teaching me much about my tendencies to complain. In a recent camping trip, we spent 48 hours in wet elements. If we found it wasn't raining it was because we were entering into the clouds themselves. What a dreamlike though...walking in a cloud!
Those days were outwardly dreary and bleak yet as a body of believers our group persevered and encouraged on another. We were cheerful, exuberant, and light-hearted even as we conquered peak after peak only to find yet again the clouds denied us a view of the valley. It taught me a great deal about the control we have over our attitude, and the power attitude has to determine our experience. How easily those five days could be remembered as the worst of my life...the rain, lack of sleeping, rigorous hiking, inconvenience of daily tasks...yet the attitude of joy and praise that my group adopted made it one of the most memorable ;) spring break I could ever ask for!

All that to say that today I found the rain pleasant, comforting, and quite romantic. Sitting on my bed as the clouds cried a concert of raindrops, I couldn't help but praise the God who bring forth rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. All His works are perfect, All His ways are just.
He alone is worthy of Praise!