"They will tell of the power of Your awesome works, and I will proclaim Your great deeds."
Psalm 145:6
As I drove down a rural road in Alabama one day, I saw cars ahead of me pulling over and people getting out to look into the sky. I looked up and what I saw had me pulling over to join them. The bottom half of a rainbow hung in the sky like a bowl with another full rainbow encircling it like a saucer under a cup. Fascinating! So rarely do we see any part of a rainbow but the top half arc that we forget they're actually full circles.
Rainbows represent God's promise never to destroy the earth by flood again. The rainbow's colors are eye-catching and its shape symbolizes God's unending faithfulness. A rainbow's appearance is exquisitely timed around rain to counteract fears of an earth- threatening flood.
In spite of the rain and ear-shattering thunder in our lives today, "rainbows" hang somewhere nearby to remind us of God's eternal, encircling Love. Maybe today's rainbow is a particularly loud Scripture, a smile from a child, a streak of sun through the window, an encouraging phone call, a note in the mail saying we made a difference, or an opportunity for God to use us in a new way. The rainbow that keeps our heads up and our eyes looking toward the skies may be the memory of God's awesome works in our pasts and the assurance that His Love falls around us in a full circle.
"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God;
He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love
to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands."
Deuteronomy 7:9
Father God I praise You for Your Love wrapped around us. May we stay in the blessing zone of Your Love, trusting, loving You in return and obeying Your life-giving commands. When we fail to find the rainbows You place in our lives, keep our hearts from turning to other "fixes." May we be people who live to love You and each other, as You've loved us.
In the Name of Jesus Who stretched His Arms wide so we could step inside the full circle of Your Loving Faithfulness
"'Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel just as He promised.
Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses."
1 Kings 8:56
"One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you,
just as He promised. So be very careful to love the LORD your God."
Joshua 23:10-11
Inspired by Live Loved by Max Lucado
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