Ezekiel 34:26--"And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing."
The other night, when preparing to return to our rooms at our little beach vacation, my sister received a phone call from her oldest son. He informed her that that night and the one after just happened to be the best viewing nights for a meteor shower. My sister had never seen a "shooting star" so the idea of a shower of them was too appealing to pass up.
We never made it back to the rooms that night. My sister, my mom, and I, along with a new friend plopped ourselves in lawn chairs on the pool deck, laid back and started searching the sky. We watched the moon rise and knew the "shower" would not be seen until the sky became darkest so we waited. We talked and laughed and waited. Michelle, my sister, thought a shower meant the sky would be streaming with meteors one after the other so when our light show finally began, it required patience between meteors and really good eyes to catch them as it was easy to miss one if your eyes were focused on another portion of sky.
We stayed up almost all night and saw about a dozen meteors shoot across that beautiful sky. When we walked away, we were so filled with satisfaction and so glad we had patiently waited for each "shooting star" we saw.
The meteor shower reminded me of the LORD's blessings. When we have lived His way through difficult times, through empty times, through fearful times, and times of doubt, when we follow His way eventually you see them--His "meteors"--His blessings.
They start to appear, sometimes we have to wait through even the darkest sky, but then they show up. He is faithful and when His way is followed, blessings will come. There is no question about it, it does happen.
The darkness is a guarantee also, maybe that's not the greatest news, but we are not in heaven yet and we've been warned about the tribulations and trials. He has been so good to us in that way, letting us know that the sorrows will come. All we can do is just keep following Him and hang on tight and wait...then the light show begins. If we're paying close attention, we will see when those blessings show up. They're not always jumbled close together. Sometimes we're still waiting and hanging on tight in between, but after years pass and we look back...we can be amazed by how much we've seen.
All it takes is obedience and waiting. The question is are we up to the challenge of doing just that?
Malachi 3:10--"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
I loved this Angel, it is just what I needed for today. I hope that you are printing out each post and saving them in a book for your children and grandchildren, for yourself also...to reflect on. God gave you the amazing ability to write deep, meaningful, and well. I praise God for His blessings that are given in His time.
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