Rain

After days of long , hot, dry, muggy, weather, often cloudy, we finally had real steady rain. The kind or rain that leaves the ground soaked, the plants gently dripping,  the air clean and an overall feeling of cleansing and refreshment. That reminds us rain is good.

But as I looked out into the garden, I ended up wondering, is rain one of those things we will miss in heaven. When there is no longer the need for dry and parched ground to be softened and broken up - for refreshment and cleansing...the marks of God's grace and forgiveness.

I guess after our tears are wiped away we won't notice, but for now, even though I fear the rough times, I am grateful for His gentle work of cleansing and renewing us, the highs that follow from His working to right the wrong, and the change to follow Him in His work of redeeming us.