Rain is for Winners

I got troubles, Lord, but not today
'Cause they're gonna wash away
They're gonna wash away

And I have sins, Lord, but not today
'Cause they're gonna wash away
They're gonna wash away

And I have friends, Lord, but not today
'Cause they done washed away
They done washed away

Lord, I've been crying alone
I've been crying alone
No, no more crying alone
no, no more crying here.

We get lonely, Lord, but not today
Cause we're gonna wash away
We're gonna wash away

I got troubles, Lord, but not today
Cause they're gonna wash away
This old river's gonna take them away.

--Lyrics to Joe Purdy's song, "Wash Away (reprise)"

Ah, it's raining. I'm a big fan of the rain. Now, I know not everyone likes rain. It's wet, sometimes it's cold, and sometimes there's way too much of it. But there's something about the drippy-drop sound, and how the puddles make ripples, the feeling of things washing away, and the general softening of light that is incredibly soothing and comforting to me. I don't know how I got it into my head, but every time it rains I think of it as God making a point to say "this is right where I want you." I know, it's pretty self-important to think the rain that falls on thousands of heads is there just to deliver a personal IM from God to me, but that's in my brain anyway.

The stars do declare the glory of God. Perhaps the rain is there to declare it as well. Now, there's not much to celebrate about hurricanes and floods, but rain doesn't always do that. God does want us near to Him, to be reconciled to Him. And He made a way for our betrayals, big and small, to be washed away and be no more in His sight.

So, think about that, will you? Maybe go stand in the rain, just a little bit, or jump in a puddle, or watch it pitter-pat against the windowpane, and remember how far He goes to pursue us.