Rainbow

It rained magnificently overnight. I am one of those few people of my acquaintance who actually LOVES the rain…it is my lullaby, the stormier, the better. Of course after weeks of extreme heat the ground can’t easily absorb this water…so we have flash flooding happening. I can’t help but see the water as life-giving rather than destructive, although it can be both.

I was sending texts this morning to the people that crossed my mind…I used a little image of me sliding down a rainbow because all the Bitmojis that have to do with rain have me looking disgruntled. A friend responded to my message, remarking on its optimistic and playful nature. It got me thinking about the whole rainbow message.

He promised he wouldn’t flood us again. My brain took off on another tangent…flooding isn’t just water and overborne river banks. Flooding also happens when there is more information than I can process. When I put more on my plate than I need to (I need to give OTHER people opportunities to serve, right?!), that is also a deluge. That rainbow promise extends to these things, too, if I will just remember it. It is only a flood because I am looking at it from my exhausted, overstimulated, and frustrated weakness. We don’t get more than we can handle, isn’t that what is said? So, we can do this…it’s not a flood, it’s just deep water. When submerged, don’t panic…relax and allow yourself to float. The things that MUST be done will get done. The other things can be borne by the water for a spell…or perhaps the current will just quietly take them away.

I celebrate the clouds and rain of today. There might be a rainbow in the next couple of days outside, but I’m holding on to one inside until then.