Joy is Like the Rain…


Joy is Like the Rain – This song title makes one wonder…exactly how is joy like the rain?

Rains can cause work stoppages and make farm fields into ponds. Not necessarily joy-inducing for outdoor laborers and farmers, for sure. Yet, rains also produce healthy crops, happy animals, radiant rainbows plus conversations while waiting out the storms.

Songwriter, Miriam Therese Winter, describes it this way: “Laughter runs across my pain, slips away and comes again” [full “Joy is Like the Rain” song HERE.] 

Sometimes we need laughter to help ease the pain.

This certainly relates to our Christian lives. If we’re always trying to be “devout as a Pharisee,” how does one make time for the laughter and the joy? Finding the right balance is critical (and yet still worry-inducing for many of us “sparrows.”)

POSSIBLE ACTION: During the week ahead, continue looking for the rainbows amidst the clouds and downpours.

 May joy find you in the most unpredictable moments… Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit!


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