Drops of Rain Tell a Story

We've been having a lot of rain lately; I am thankful. Looking out my window at work, I can see drops of rain pouring out of the heavens or down off of the roof of our building. Some drops are light small while others look hard and large.Some of the rain drops are coming fast while others are slow. I think of our blessings and curses that God tells us about. He showers us with his blessings and they come quickly while the curses come slow (Deuteronomy 28). Then I think of when we do have blessings they might be coming down so quickly that we don't see them just like the rain. Now the curses that come slowly are more apparent. They are the ones that hurt, like the large and hard rain drops coming down. They are the troubles in our life, circumstances that may sway us away from God instead of towards Him.
During one of the storms in my life, I chose to change my life and turn to Christ. When these hard and large drops of rain comes, now known as troubles, I chose to run to run for covering in Christ.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes during my storms, I've often thought about running from God and doing what makes me feel better.  However, I know I can't turn my back on the Lord who is ruler over my life. He has blessed me with so many blessings (like the light small but fast rain drops). I can only find peace and joy in Him. Even when I don't think he is listening; he is listening to me. When I think he doesn't see me; He sees me. When I ask him to show himself to me, he drops a blessing in my lap, in my wallet, or from a friendly face.
So regardless of the rains that come down, no matter what they look like, I am praise my God for all He has done and will do in my life. The word tells us that as we draw near to him, he draws near to us. I took that literally today. I didn't have a prayer on my lips. I had thanksgiving and I cried out in my storm for the Lord to show himself to me today. I chose to draw close to Him although I do not "feel" Him.
In the course of my day, he blessed my wallet and he showed me a friendly face to say "I see  you."  That is an amazing God who is greater than my pain, louder than my voiceless prayers, and stronger than my problems.
I hope you will take cover in the Lord today from your storm.
"Bring the Rain" by MercyMe explains it better than I probably could ever write it out. Although I tried.