Splashing

Do you remember playing out in the rain when you were a child? I can remember during the summer when we get a huge downpour or a long day of raindrops so that the ditches would fill up or the sidewalks and roads would have lots of puddles. My mom wasn't concerned about "acid rain" and we were allowed to out and play in the rain (as long as there wasn't any lightning!) We had a ditch in our front yard and it could get quite high (for someone only 4 feet tall) and we would run and splash and have a great time! It was fun to jump and splash in the puddles one day at a time! Sometimes we would be allowed to get water from the rain barrel and dump it on each other. 

As an adult I now live in a state where we have seasons of rain. I enjoy being at home snuggled up on the couch with a book while it rains outside-instead of being outside splashing in the puddles. It's wonderful how God has made it to rain on our earth in order to water the ground so that vegetation can grow and help keep the lakes and ponds and rivers and oceans filled for the creatures that live within them. When God created the earth and it was perfect there was no need for rain. It wasn't until the time of Noah when God brought about a flood on the earth because it had become so sinful. The entire story can be read in Genesis but there is a verse in Psalms that I love that mentions rain and talks about God.

 Psalm 147:7-8:

   "Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

   Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains."

God created all things. His imagination is beyond anything we could ever dream. He is amazing and has created not only man-each unique person in His image, but also such a wonderful world for us to live on that has so many different and unique areas. I feel that I can do nothing less but continually praise Him, like the Psalmist did:

Psalm 139:14  

"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."

Or praise Him as Isaiah did:

Isaiah 25:1 

"O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth." 

So, the next time it rains-stop and take the time to thank Him and praise Him for who He is and what He has done for us and where He has put us, because He deserves no less and we are nothing without Him. Then maybe use the rain as an excuse to go out and buy a pair of really cute rain boots so that the next time it rains you can go out and splash in the puddle just like you did as a kid!