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Friday, January 15, 2010

Where (WHO) Is My Umbrella?

My heart has been heavy with “rain in my life” for the last week. I felt compelled to pen this and share with others who may feel the same way.


Sometimes we are faced with multiple “issues or rain” in our lives all at once, like a deluge of unexpected rain or we may be faced with a light drizzle of “constant rain” pouring down. How we deal with it is up to us and our direct relationship to God.

If your local weather reporter personally called you on the phone and said “(insert your name here) there is going to be a 100% chance of rain and I advise you to take an umbrella, rain coat, boots and a change of clothes" -would you? Or would you head out the door to run your errands, go to work, meet with a friend and then panic and suffer through them all while you're cold, uncomfortable, dripping & soaking wet?

I believe God wants us to be prepared ahead of time, have faith and rely on Him ever BEFORE the rain comes. All the while when the outpouring of "rain" does come, expected or unexpected, we will praise Him through the storm, rely on him for the guidance and direction for our lives with whatever “issue or rain” is at hand. There is no problem too big for God. (Period!!!)  Sometimes we wait until the “deluge of rain” comes to be reminded that we need God. I encourage all to grow closer, seek Him, and have a personal and daily relationship with Him. If you do not have a relationship with Him and are burdened at this time with some “rain” in your life, ask him into come in to your life and give Him your “rain”. You will find He has just what you need!

xoxo
Leslie

Isaiah 43: 2 ”When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.”