We are experiencing dry hot weather here in East Tennessee right now, but as I got ready to get into my car, I saw a spider's web as it glistened in the sun. As I walked by it, I saw a rainbow of colors throughout the web from the dew. As I stopped a moment I was amazed that the color pattern in the web was in a rainbow pattern.
In our small group a few weeks ago we discussed rainbows and the way God left us with a reminder of His connection with us. Our discussion was light hearted as we discussed what the colors mean and the other colors found in the Bible. One thing is consistent from a rainbow. A full rainbow has many colors within it but our naked eyes can only see seven colors but in those seven colors they blend together to give us a picture to what God said that started with Noah and continues with us today.
"And God said:
'This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every
living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
"'I set My
RAINBOW in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me
and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the
RAINBOW shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is
between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall
never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. The RAINBOW shall be in the
cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.' ” (Genesis
9:12-16, NKJV throughout)
The real issue is not that there will never be a flood like the one Noah experienced but rather that the rainbow is a reminder that God made a Covenant with you and me because he loved us! Even in our darkest days know that a rainbow will come to remind us of God's love.
This came again to me in the rainbow this morning and then while listening to an online Hawaiian radio station at 3:00 a.m. HST (Hawaiian Time) I heard this song which re-enforced my rainbow this morning. (God's cool like that to give us nudges all around us.) We just need to take a moment and look.
Take a moment and click on the link to hear the song Another Rainbow. It says a lot about looking for another rainbow no matter what is going on in your life.
If you ever get to a waterfalls during the day, move around until you see a rainbow. Then remember God's Covenant. Even though our friends in Florida are trying to get out of excess water from storms and the people in the West are fighting the fires, know that a rainbow in your life will come.
It's God's Promise.