SHOWERS

Last week in my 'hood, we saw showers every day.  Some days slight showers, other days heavy showers but showers that watered my zinnias and the grounds around our house.  

My thoughts today are thinking of next week.  Just an FYI, next week is a big deal to my family as a remembrance.  I invite you to check back on this blog on Monday morning.  I may even have posts on Monday and Tuesday mornings.  That would be a novelty and miracle for me, huh?

In the meantime, life carries on.  Life can be hard, I'm not gonna lie to you and you know that to be the truth as life is just not easy for anyone.   Things come and things go.   Decisions have to be made and you want them to be right.   Fears are real in the young, the old, and all those in between.  Regrets of the past happen but we move on.  Yes, life can be hard.

I'm here to encourage you, however, that in the midst of the hard there is joy.  We find things that remind us of the love of Jesus.  Yes, you know the love of Jesus is so important to me as is my ongoing and forever relationship with HIM.  I trust Him to guide.  I trust Him to provide.  I trust Him to forgive when I err which is often.  On the same token, I believe that He trusts me to BELIEVE Him.  And that's what makes the difference in the "hard".

All these thoughts came to me, however random they might seem, as I sat and read the scriptures this morning in the lineup of the book where I am trying to read the Bible through.  It's not a straight through Genesis to Revelation effort, but I'm being guided in my reading by a book written by three local women who are friends of a good friend of mine.  The readings come in different parts with a bit of history commentary thrown in.  I ordered it from the good "A" store that delivers to my home regularly.  The title is "Every Word, A Readers's 90-day Guide to the Bible" and it is written by Susan Goodwin, Jennifer Peterson, and Molly Sawyer.  It's quite a huge effort on their behalf to do such a wonderful guide and be led by the Lord.  It's affordable on the "A" store if you want one and don't be deterred by the 90 day thing.  It's hard for a "normal" life person to do in 90 days so you should do as I do and do in order when you can if you are feeling concerned that it's too much for you.

Now, back to the scripture today which led to my thoughts.  Yes, as I age my distractions in writing get worse.  I apologize.  Here's the scripture:

"And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing."           Ezekiel 34:26 KJV

Being a Baptist girl, I am familiar with the song, "Showers of Blessings" and I love it.  However, I obviously was not familiar with this particular verse and it spoke to me.  Amidst the hard, amidst the fears, amidst the uncertainties, yes, there are showers of blessing.  

Consider....