The Rainbow
It's rare.
It's precious.
We value gold and diamonds because they are uncommon in our world.
It's faint.
It's quiet.
Thunder and lightning demand our attention, but it must be sought out.
It is the rainbow.
It's rareness makes it special.
The sun must hit the water droplets just right to create the colors we call a rainbow.
We rarely see a whole rainbow. Usually it's just a portion and it's so faint, you have to search to see it. Some people can't see it while others can.
This rare, precious phenomenon holds a promise. God placed a rainbow in the sky after the Flood as a reminder of His promise never to destroy the earth with water ever again. I think there is a reason He used a rainbow.
Think about it. We tend to take things for granted when we see them often. If God had used the sun or the moon as His reminder (as beautiful as the moon is), we would forget because we see them everyday. Even lightning or snow, while more rare, are quite common. But He used a natural phenomenon, that He created, that only appears under the perfect circumstances. It's rare so we shouldn't take it for granted.
God seems to like the un-spectatular. There is the story of Elijah (I think) where there is an earthquake, a thunderstorm, and some other loud things, but God is not in any of those. He is in the quiet whisper, the soft breeze. The rainbow is faint, hard to see, and that is what God used as His promise.
I'll be honest, I don't immediately think of God's promise each time I see a rainbow, but I do think of God and this beautiful creation of His that I get to enjoy.
The rainbow is precious. Like so many of God's other creations, it is being demeaned and defiled, but that doesn't change its true meaning.
The rainbow is a promise and it points to God. That is what the rainbow means to me.
It's precious.
We value gold and diamonds because they are uncommon in our world.
It's faint.
It's quiet.
Thunder and lightning demand our attention, but it must be sought out.
It is the rainbow.
It's rareness makes it special.
The sun must hit the water droplets just right to create the colors we call a rainbow.
We rarely see a whole rainbow. Usually it's just a portion and it's so faint, you have to search to see it. Some people can't see it while others can.
This rare, precious phenomenon holds a promise. God placed a rainbow in the sky after the Flood as a reminder of His promise never to destroy the earth with water ever again. I think there is a reason He used a rainbow.
Think about it. We tend to take things for granted when we see them often. If God had used the sun or the moon as His reminder (as beautiful as the moon is), we would forget because we see them everyday. Even lightning or snow, while more rare, are quite common. But He used a natural phenomenon, that He created, that only appears under the perfect circumstances. It's rare so we shouldn't take it for granted.
God seems to like the un-spectatular. There is the story of Elijah (I think) where there is an earthquake, a thunderstorm, and some other loud things, but God is not in any of those. He is in the quiet whisper, the soft breeze. The rainbow is faint, hard to see, and that is what God used as His promise.
I'll be honest, I don't immediately think of God's promise each time I see a rainbow, but I do think of God and this beautiful creation of His that I get to enjoy.
The rainbow is precious. Like so many of God's other creations, it is being demeaned and defiled, but that doesn't change its true meaning.
The rainbow is a promise and it points to God. That is what the rainbow means to me.
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