So today I got to hang out with Abby and her two youngest girls, oh and the babysitting boy Tyson. Emery and I went and ran some errands because Abby had some work to do and she needed to go to the same places as me so she just made a list and off we went. While driving it was sprinkling a bit and Emery asked,"Is it raining?!" "Yeah, can't you see it?" "No I can't see it, just the water on the windshield." Well Emery....HERE'S YOUR SIGN!!! But I thought it was cute anyways. We continued to talk about the weather and she said,"I know why it rains." I was curious to hear what she had to say. "So all the dried up, dead plants will grow green again." I was a little surprised to hear how close to right she was. Then it was like she was in her own world thinking so I had some time to think about the rain too. Why does it rain? To water the plants, clean out the air...I was having a hard time thinking about other reasons. To make people happy, but then I've heard so many people complaining about it that I had to cross that one off my list. Then I remembered that this was MY list.
-It cleans the air
-It water the plants
-Makes for some great photography
-There's a steadiness of the pounding on the roof
-Mystery :-)
-Romance
Okay these all seemed like fine answers but I wanted to find the answers for ME!! Then the song that I sang at my baptism popped into my head so Emery had a little duet while stopped at a stop light.
"I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain. And ponder on the beauty of an Earth made clean again. I want my life to be as clean as Earth right after rain. I want to be the BEST I can. And live with God again!!"
How wonderful is it that God sends rain to remind us of how we can be and what we should do to be that way!!! I LOVE THE RAIN!

"In our lives there is bound to come some pain, surely as there are storms and falling rain; just believe that the one who holds the storms will bring the sun.”