Reigning Blessings

Today, I woke up feeling blessed to be alive another day. However, with rain falling out of the sky, down around me I began to understand the blessings of what rain can bring.

 

Rain brings water to the plants, animals, and also to us (for cleaning, washing, drinking & cooking). We should be thankful for the rain because, without rain we wouldn't be blessed with plants, animals and we wouldn't be able to survive.

“Rain, Rain, go away and come again another day,”

 is a very negative song we sing that we are teaching,

 ourselves and our children because

 it is teaching us & them,

that we don’t need or want rain but,

 dear friends, we DO need,

and want the rain more than ever.

(  1 Kings 17:1-24 says,“Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no rain or dew will fall during the next few years unless I command it.”  Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ” She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?” “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!” Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.” )

Enjoying the rain; the fresh smell, the sound hitting the roof and just relaxing while watching it fall. Being grateful, for it because, some places and people don’t get rain like we do. Sure, rain can be too much to where it becomes dangerous at times to cause floods and mudslides but, we must pray for Gods protection around us and our love ones daily.

Remember God’s promise he made to Noah and to us all with the rainbow?

Today, my fellow friends, be blessed by God’s blessings of rain and stop your complaining about it. God sees we need the rain so, He provides it to our plants and animals around us. We must remember too that He provides us the water as well (to clean, wash, cook, & drink). We all need to be giving our gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the rain he pours down around us. So, every time we have rain we should be grateful for it, giving praise & thanksgiving, to the Lord for it.

Pray for your family and friends to stay safe as they travel in the rain daily as well (if you are concerned about it).

 

1 Timothy 4:4-5 says,” For everything God created is good,

and nothing is to be rejected,

 if it is received with thanksgiving, 

because it is consecrated,

 by the word of God and prayer.”

Until next blog…

 God, bless you with showers of blessings around you and your family today!