A Promise in the Sky

One afternoon, I stood in the kitchen washing dishes and thinking. I was thinking about the move, thinking about the transition and really just on the verge of having a big, fat pity party. I was praying as I washed dishes and I looked out the back window watching the clouds rolling in. We anticipated some rain and a cold front behind it. I looked out because the sun broke through the clouds very brightly and suddenly, the biggest rainbow was in the sky right out my kitchen window. For some people, rainbows have no significance at all. For me, rainbows are significant in two ways. First, there is the promise of God saying He would never flood the whole earth again. We can be thankful for that. Second, Scott and I have always had rainbows as symbols from God for us. We would see them on special dates before we were married and we always thought, "It's going to be okay." When Scott's father died, he came home and told me as he sat at the cemetary for his father's final service, he had his head bowed and was praying about the future and our relationship and he looked up and he saw the biggest rainbow ever and there was not a raincloud around. He realized, "It is going to be okay." And we have seen them at various other times over the last 18 years and this day, I looked out at the rainbow knowing Scott was driving home as well looking at the same rainbow and we both realized, "It is going to be okay." No matter how difficult this transition feels or might be, God is here. At that moment, I knew I had to take this picture and as I did, I heard a loud thunder on the ground. It wasn't the weather .... a pine tree just fell in the backyard!!! Just like that ..... HHHhhhmmmmmm.....we might need to watch out for that!!!!