Okay so tonight just before heading to VBS the sky around Avon started turning dark and off in the distance one could hear thunder gently rolling (what a wonderful sound, by the way). The clouds were astounding...dark. The girls were discussing whether the clouds were black, gray, or blue...any of those colors could have been used to describe them.
So, I dropped the girls off at VBS and headed home to clean the house. Just as I pulled into the garage the rain started to pound on the ground, lightning flashed, and thunder rolled (what a wonderful sound!).
Initially I was thinking..."hmmm...I wonder how much worse it is going to get." I turned on the TV to see that there was not much left to come. However, the daylight, dim as it was just 20 minutes earlier, was turning almost night-like. I found myself not believing the radar or the meteorologist (I know...who can believe them anyway).
Long story short, the storm passed and all was well...the sun came out and a bright rainbow shone in the sky off to the southeast.
After seeing that rainbow though made me start to think...is this how it was at Golgotha (the day that Jesus died on the cross for our sins)? The daylight today, over the matter of minutes, was turned to pitch black even though it was mid-afternoon. At that time I did find myself feeling disoriented...I wonder what those people that were there at Golgotha though and felt. It certainly had to be more profound than the storm tonight but tonight I feel that I got a glimpse of that sad but glorious day!
I thank God for the storm this afternoon and that I had the day off of work to reflect on His Word, His goodness, and his Grace!
