And I can also tell you we sat on that dry bed of rock. And it was sad. Sadness for the fact that water 'should' be beautifully cascading down the rocks... when we had to pretend by pouring it from a water bottle... which only trickled a couple of metres before slowly disappearing because of the quenching yet glorious sun rays.There's something about patiently (or not so patiently) longing for a 'simple' thing like rain... Because with patience comes an increased understanding of how great our God is. Who are we to question the weather? It makes you remember your dependence on the Provider and Sustainer of the universe, who controls all things. How marvellous that we can rest in His hands, knowing that He will provide all our needs in due time. We must humbly rely on the capable hands of our Creator.
Today I saw threatening dark clouds. A beautiful sight in itself (and no I never thought when jogging on the beach in Albany that it could ever be beautiful). And those clouds brought what the land badly needs. It rained.
It was so BEAUTIFUL!! The sound of raindrops on a tin roof have never sounded so good. To put things in perspective, this is the first rain of May. The average rainfall for May is 117ml. More shocking, the average year-to-date rainfall at the end of May is 203mL and so far this year Perth has only had 50mL of rain. We're still a long way away from that average. It could be a dry year.
So what now? I thank God for the rain; and I continue in my prayerful petitions that He will continue to bless this land with more nourishing rain. I pray that I will continue to trust His goodness, and rely on His power and will. And I pray that this lack of rain, and the blessing of rain such as felt today, may draw more people to recognise and appreciate His glorious work.
P.S. It's been a while since I posted some photos. Here's a couple pics of more beauty at John Forrest National Park ;) (photo compliments to Merinda!)
Merinda, Me, Chantelle, Carla and Marissa
... before we went on our long walk...
... I only had water to drink, seriously...
... the Old Railway Tunnel...
... self timer...
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ReplyDeleteseriously though, thanks for the beautiful comments about Perth and rainfall. AMEN to your words about thanking God for what he has given so far.
Paraphrasing from Job 38:
"Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it, to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up dominion over the earth?
Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? Do you send the lightening bolts on their weay? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?"