"It rained today. All day. Everything was the sound of rain." RM
.... and it's been raining for 4 days straight .. I would like to write something happy about it, but I am in love with the Sun and the Moon and if I cannot see either of them because of the rain... well, I feel like I am lacking nourishment of some kind.... but that's just the way I am feeling today... because other days like this, I might go out without an umbrella so as to purposely get wet... I love the idea of taking off my shoes and walking into a store barefoot and saying, "I didn't want to ruin my shoes..." and the "No Shoes, No Service" sign is ignored by everyone...
Rain causes a plethora of emotions in everyone... but I am going to find the blessing in it .... after all, water is essential to life..It nourishes us when we drink it, cook with it, use it to irrigate our crops... It surrounded the world when God created the earth.. and surrounds a fetus as it grows in its mother's womb...
So... I google... and find "Sukkot" or "The Feast of Tabernacles", which began on the evening of October 12th and ends on October 20th with "Shemini Atzeret" (the day of the RAIN blessing)... This festival commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God took special care of them under impossible conditions... The "Feast" is a Hebrew festival because it was given to all Israelites and hence, there are Christian groups who celebrate it as well in order to study their "Hebrew Roots" and the relationship between God and our Messiah... some ancient Jewish sages refer to this time as "The Season of Our JOY."
"You shall hold a festival for the LORD your God seven days, in the place that the LORD will choose; for the LORD your God will bless all your crops and all your undertakings, and you shall have nothing but joy. " Deuteronomy 16:15
There you have it... a reason to celebrate the rain... that was a pretty easy lesson for me on how to change my perspective and find the blessing in it... I am happy now and realize that there is no reason why a little rain should get me down... course, 4 days of it.... geeeez... hahahaha...
May you all be able to find the blessing in everything... blessings surround us all of the time... we are the ones who block the light of the Sun and the glow of the Moon with rainclouds of our own making... welcome the rain... I know that now, whenever it rains, I am going to think of it as "the Season of Our Joy" no matter what time of the year it is... and my hope is in this comment my friend posted on my facebook status, "Your big beautiful rainbow is on the way!" ... Can't get anymore joyous than that... remember you are loved beyond measure and a cherished blessing to the world and to me...
May your day be filled with all things good,
With love,
Elena
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