It Looks Like Rain

Ever teach kids to make a rainstorm?  It's kind-of fun....if I am ever working with a group of kids and we have time I need to fill....I teach them how to make a storm...rubbing their hands together, then snapping their fingers, then patting their knees, then pounding the floor with their hands, then stomping their feet as hard as they can, then hands and feet with all their might.....then back down through the whole thing to let the storm pass.  It's a great little activity to let them use up some energy and I love it too...especially when the storm has passed and you are back to the point of snapping your fingers.  I love to hear just a few drops of rain left while I look at all their smiling faces :)

I have always loved rain because it smells like NEW....FRESH....LIFE!  I am getting to a point where I think I am understanding that even though some days I really feel my age or I see more clearly (because I see less clearly :) that I am aging...GOD MAKES ME NEW....sometimes that means He needs to re-invent me, or my ideas about life and what is really important by making a bit of a storm for me to walk through...and, either I start seeing things from a different perspective or I am forced to see things differently when I look for shelter from that storm.  That sounds kind-a harsh...but, a lot of the things I've thought were important for so long weren't really important and so, sometimes GOD has to prove those truths to me. I don't always like it much at first....but, that's when things get real.  When I get it....when I see what He is doing and that He is using it to draw me to Him....there is joy... :)  

I like this song....it is simple and the way it builds throughout reminds me of teaching the kids how to make it storm....the sweet ending is like the final raindrops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8FKRZNHA0