You have read that I don't care very much for the rain.  Well I guess that God might be reading this blog because yesterday he used the rain to get my attention in a really interesting way.  Yesterday I was driving back from the store and I saw a full rainbow.  It was B-E-A-UUUUUUTIFUL!  How often do you get to see the whole rainbow?  I mean so many times you see half or a part, but this was the whole thing.  It was amazing! 

It really made me think of a few things:

1.  If I were a scientist, I would have only seen light refracting through water mist to form a spectrum based on my position to the sun.

2.  If I were Irish, I might think there was a pot of gold being guarded by a Leprechaun at the end of the rainbow.

3.  If I were Judy Garland I would have thought there was something great just over the rainbow.

While those things went through my mind, the main thing that kept going through my mind as I sat in wonder of that rainbow was the Promise of God that he would not destroy the earth with a flood again. 

This is what it reads like in Genesis 9:11-17:

 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

     17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."

The Covenant—the Promise of God.  His Word.  His Bond.  Yesterday, through a simple rainbow, I was taken back through centuries of promises that God has kept with His people.  This little band of light in the sky reminded me that the Maker of the Universe promises to care for His People, to be my friend, to come back for me, to be love, to win in the end, to be in control, to defeat Satan, and many, many more.  Our God is a God of Kept Promises.  Promises that have been kept ever since the time of Noah, and Promises that will be fulfilled in the End Times when Heaven collides with Earth (see Revelation 21). 

This Rainbow, albeit simple, is truly powerful for I was also reminded of a God that has the ability to destroy all the earth with a flood (see Genesis 6).  With so much power at His disposal, this God is not a God to be trifled or toyed with.  God is a God who is to be worshipped, who is to be revered, who is to be respected.  We are called to bow down before Him in all humility.  My heart did that yesterday.  I bowed before this all-powerful God with my heart as I watched this rainbow displayed before me.  I sat in amazement of this rainbow.  I also sat in AWE of the Lord who made it.  I was speechless and humbled at the same time.

So the next time God blesses you with a rainbow, I hope that you are reflective of the beauty and power that underlies it.

You have read that I don't care very much for the rain.  Well I guess that God might be reading this blog because yesterday he used the rain to get my attention in a really interesting way.  Yesterday I was driving back from the store and I saw a full rainbow.  It was B-E-A-UUUUUUTIFUL!  How often do you get to see the whole rainbow?  I mean so many times you see half or a part, but this was the whole thing.  It was amazing! 

It really made me think of a few things:

1.  If I were a scientist, I would have only seen light refracting through water mist to form a spectrum based on my position to the sun.

2.  If I were Irish, I might think there was a pot of gold being guarded by a Leprechaun at the end of the rainbow.

3.  If I were Judy Garland I would have thought there was something great just over the rainbow.

While those things went through my mind, the main thing that kept going through my mind as I sat in wonder of that rainbow was the Promise of God that he would not destroy the earth with a flood again. 

This is what it reads like in Genesis 9:11-17:
I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

     17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."

The Covenant—the Promise of God.  His Word.  His Bond.  Yesterday, through a simple rainbow, I was taken back through centuries of promises that God has kept with His people.  This little band of light in the sky reminded me that the Maker of the Universe promises to care for His People, to be my friend, to come back for me, to be love, to win in the end, to be in control, to defeat Satan, and many, many more.  Our God is a God of Kept Promises.  Promises that have been kept ever since the time of Noah, and Promises that will be fulfilled in the End Times when Heaven collides with Earth (see Revelation 21). 

This Rainbow, albeit simple, is truly powerful for I was also reminded of a God that has the ability to destroy all the earth with a flood (see Genesis 6).  With so much power at His disposal, this God is not a God to be trifled or toyed with.  God is a God who is to be worshipped, who is to be revered, who is to be respected.  We are called to bow down before Him in all humility.  My heart did that yesterday.  I bowed before this all-powerful God with my heart as I watched this rainbow displayed before me.  I sat in amazement of this rainbow.  I also sat in AWE of the Lord who made it.  I was speechless and humbled at the same time.

So the next time God blesses you with a rainbow, I hope that you are reflective of the beauty and power that underlies it.