Droughts cause stress in my life? I've been accused by folks living in this house that I've become a "little old man"... watching the weather channel all the time...staring up at the big gray cloud that seems to be missing our present coordinates by just a few feet....adding 5 weather.coms to my "favorites list". I guess it has been a bit excessive, but I love the rain...everything about it...the sound...the cleansing effect...and especially the smell of it when it begins to cool the heated asphalt. No doubt, the temperatures we've been having certainly are enough to cook pavement...I've heard a lot about "global-warming" this steamy summer. Definitely not smart enough or infomed enough to offer an educated opinion on that subject, but I do know one thing...God is in His heavens and He is glad. He's not worried about the current weather conditions...not relying on the "local on the 8's" to determine His mood. So why should I? Why do I concern myself with those things I can do nothing about when I can fully trust the One Who can? His ways rarely make sense to me... they're so much higher than my plans and thoughts that I can't begin to imagine how magnificent they are (Isaiah 55:8-9). So I'll enjoy this warm day with a fervor...who needs the stress? It sure won't cool the day or send the rain. It only gets my eyes on the waves (heat waves in this case) that bear down on me. But far worse, it takes my eyes off the Savior Who knows the plans He has for me...plans to prosper me...not to harm me...plans to give me a hope...a future...and so many promises that come to me like sweet rain and flood my parched soul. So I'll seek first His kingdom...His righteousness...and trust His promise that all these other things will be added to me...maybe even an afternoon shower. Either way, God's in control and that's all I need to know.
