Dancing in The Rain

What is it about storms that make us want to cuddle up on the couch and do nothing but lounge around and watch movies all day? I suppose the dreary weather isn’t very appealing to go out in, but maybe that’s just me.

Recently, there has been a lot of rain in my hometown. Particularly this past weekend. It was raining, thundering, and lightening, the usual. So, I wanted nothing more than to chill out and watch Netflix all afternoon.

As I watched a movie and tried to multi-task with my online work, the power went out. Which is not that big of a deal normally, but I was in the process of taking a quiz for class. Luckily the quiz was still saved when I reopened it after the power came back on.

My parents suggested that maybe I just wait the storm out, or at least until it wasn’t so bad to try and do my work again. Which is a wise choice for an online class, but for life? Not so much.

Right away I thought of several things I have read over the years about the storms of life. We all go through them, and it sure is easy to decide to “wait out” those types of storms.

I do not know who said it first, but we have all heard it a number of times I’m sure. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” Maybe it’s a little cliché to put that quote in here, but I think it’s relevant.

Something else that came to mind was a devo one of the lovely ladies I consider to be a second mom sent to me a few years ago.

It talks about a painting depicting a couple dancing on the beach, even though there are threatening storm clouds overhead. The author of this devo discusses how she likes to picture the man as the Lord, leading the lady in life’s dance through the storm.

Wow. I love that picture. I have kept that copy of the devo for years because I thought it was such a wonderful way of handling storms.

This weekend during the rain storm, however, I was reminded of it again for the first time in a long time. I felt the Lord telling me that if I wasn’t too careful, I would soon be back to my old ways of trying to wait out the storm by myself, all “cuddled up”, thinking I wasn’t threatened by it.

It was a challenge to me. It was God asking me whether I would hide away in the next storm that comes my way, or if I would trust in Him and let Him lead me in a dance through the rain.

I don’t want to sit it out. I don’t want to waste time and opportunity just because of some “bad weather.”

I love to dance, even though I’m not very good at it. So why not let my savior, my Jesus, lead me in a dance through life? With or without the stormy weather.

“When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.” (Proverbs 10:25)

And yes, I did go outside in the rain just to get this picture :-)

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