Raise Your Hand If You've Ever Caught The Rainbow-TWICE!

WOW! OK, So back in June of this year, on my hubby's birthday, we were taking our kids to see the new Disney movie, "Cars". On the way to the theatre, it came a torrential downpour, and you couldn't see the road in front of you. Then as quickly as the storm came, it left. And before us in the sky, just barely skimming the tops of the trees, was a glorious rainbow. Now if you are at all like me, you get excited anytime you see a rainbow in the sky. There is just something special about remembering God's promise to man, and the rainbow being our sign of God's faithfulness to us all. So in all my excitement, I get my kids involved and we're all screaming and pointing up to the sky "Look at the rainbow!". Then the most amazing thing happened. WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE RAINBOW! No lie! As we turned a corner in the road, the rainbow was hitting the asphalt in front of us! I could hardly believe my eyes. As we continued to drive, the rainbow landed on the hood of our vehicle! I'm telling you it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen! I would love to tell you that there was a beautiful pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, just as the mythical legends would have us all believe, but all I saw was my blue, 2002, Chevy Venture minivan. Not quite the sight you would dream of, but if that means my van is worth gold, then so be it.
Well, the story doesn't end there. Once this summer, I was visiting with a friend, who is going through the gammant of emotions as he and his wife are having to spend everyday in the hospital fighting for the life of their unborn baby. (I made a previous post about them, and they are doing well now...but keep them in your prayers) As I was standing in his driveway, and we were having a conversation about trusting God in the hard times, and learning to have faith in new ways, etc, etc. I looked up in the sky and what do I see? YES! A RAINBOW! Now that is amazing in and of itself, but the kicker is, there was not a raincloud in the sky! It had not rained a drop that day! I believe God sent that rainbow as a reminder that He is in control of ALL things, and we need to be more diligent in giving Him the praise and glory for it all!
And then there was this past Saturday. It had been threatening bad weather all day, & rained pretty hard a couple of times, but nothing like the forecast had predicted. My sis in law invited us to come over and let the kids play for a bit, so to keep my boring saturday for getting any worse, I loaded up my 2 kids, and we headed out. As we were turning onto a major Highway just blocks away from their house, what do you think appeared out of nowhere? No, not a bird. No, not a plane! IT WASN'T EVEN SUPERMAN! There in the sky in front of me, reaching all the way down to the asphalt in front of my blue, 2002, Chevy Venture minivan, was another rainbow-A DOUBLE RAINBOW AS A MATTER OF FACT! (again, no pot of gold) So all I can conclude from this "marvelment" of an experience is that God IS faithful, He is TRUE, He is taking care of me, and HE IS EVERYTHING I need, and each time I see that beautiful rainbow, I am reminded of all this. God is the origional artist of life. Only a God like Him could do that, and for this reason, it is only a God like Him, that is worthy of all my praise in life! I wish I knew a way to post a song on this blog, because if I could, it would be "Only A God Like You"...but in lieu of that, I will leave you with the Lyrics....

Only a God Like You
For the praises of man, I will never ever stand;
For the kingdoms of this world, I'll never give my heart away or shout my praise.
My allegiance and devotion, my heart's desire and all emotion,
Go to serve the man who died upon that tree.

Only a God like You could be worthy of my praise, and all my hope and faith;
To only a King of all kings, do I bow my knee and sing, give my everything. (repeat)
To only my Maker, my Father, my Savior, Redeemer, Restorer, Rebuilder, Rewarder,
To only a God like You, do I give my praise.

Only a God like You. (4x)
Tommy Walker, Integrity’s Praise Music 2000, ASCAP, Admin. Integrity’s Praise Music
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