GOD'S RAINBOW

This last week all of us who live here in Southern California were hit with a series of winter storms which resulted in LOTS and LOTS of rain, hail, lightening, thunder and cold and wet conditions which we just don’t usually have much of in this sunny state. Unfortunately, for many it also resulted in flooding, mud slides, and collapsed roofs just to name a few calamities. We, thank God, survived just fine and I personally enjoyed the “feel” of a winter storm. I caught up on all my laundry, straightened out a couple of messy closets, and spent the rest of the time either curled up with a book I promised to read for my granddaughter Annabel (to see if it was appropriate for her age.. which alas I did not) in my comfy chair and afghan. I also played around a lot with pictures on my computer on a new (for me) site that my friend Genn pointed me towards. It takes me a while to figure things out, but I am getting the hang of it, and had a really good time in the process. I did of course babysit my grandkids as usual as well, and I am happy to report that the baby Cody, who is rapidly approaching his first birthday, has finally begun to understand the word “NO” haha. Oh how much easier it makes it for me to just say this little word (quite firmly which Grandma does have a hard time with) and have him actually stop and change his direction and purpose. We still have lots of room for improvement, but in the meantime, lots less chasing went on this week. He is such a sweet, sweet baby. Grandma enjoyed him for sure this week. On Thursday morning I headed out to Newport Beach to have my hair done. (Oh how fast those gray roots grow!) I was especially looking forward to the time with my niece who does my hair as she got engaged last week and I was anxious to see her ring and hear the stories of the romantic proposal. I will tell more of that story later as I want to devote an entire post to this exciting news. But on my way home, in the late afternoon, I came upon one of the MOST beautiful rainbows I think the good Lord may have ever created. It was just GORGEOUS!! I have never seen one soo bright and spectacular. I did pull over a couple of times and tried to capture it on my camera, but it just didn’t do it justice it all. Maybe if I had a better camera, haha, or maybe some things are just never the way they are in person. But I did put together one of my “new” collages for you to see. I was struck, after seeing it, once again by the majesty of God and His creation. His promise to us in Genesis 9: 11-16 says:


Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

How I love this. His promise to all of us colors the sky in its unmatched beauty for all to see. Later that afternoon when my grandkids arrived, I told them about what Grandma had seen. I asked Jeffie to color me a picture of one while Lindsey was busy with her homework and Cody sat in his high chair making slow work of his teething biscuit. Jeffie said to me, “Grandma, why do we have rainbows?” And I suppose I could have given him all the scientific reasons of how they work, but I was happy to say with a thankful heart, “Because God promised them to us to enjoy.”

I know all of our hearts have been soo heavy with all that has happened in Haiti.  My prayers have been with them all constantly.  So much destruction is hard to understand.  But God's love and promises are as constant and plentiful as always.  I pray He watches over all the innocent little children especially, and fills the hearts and spirits of these people with hope for their futures.  We serve a mighty and awesome God who can bring healing from the ashes.

Blessings to you all,

Debbie

I am going to link this post to both Then Sings My Soul Saturday HERE, and Spiritual Sunday HERE. Be sure and read the other posts from these wonderful sights, you will be soo blessed, and may you all have a wonderful week-end.