BRING THE RAIN

FROM A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE….

On Labor Day my husband and our son Randy spent most of the day with chain saws cutting down dead trees in our backyard. Our son-in-law Daniel helped them. It was quite an operation, with two chain saws, ropes, the old tractor to help pull, and of course, the muscle power that was used. Our little granddaughter, Madi, came out to watch and at the end of the day looked at the huge pile of tree limbs and said, “Oh, no—BROKE!”

The drought sucked the life right out of those trees, some large and some small. Along with the brown lawn and struggling plant life, the scene is a commentary on what happens when there is no water. However, on the deck there are some pots of beautiful flowering plants that have been watered every day, and what a joy they bring to our barren backyard scene!

This morning as a few drops of precious rain fell from heaven, I was reminded of a verse in Jeremiah 17:7,8—Blessed is the man that trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be worried in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
“Green Leaf in Drought”!!

At our church we can begin to see the “green leaf” of God’s blessing as the water of the Word begins to bring forth fruit! There is a sense of revival, an excitement about prayer, and a renewed desire to bring others to the Lord. As we pray for the physical rain to come to our parched ground, may we also pray for the spiritual rain to come to our hearts. “Lord, Bring the Rain!”

--Madell Price