Rainbow in the Clouds

God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky.

It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds,

 or we wouldn't be here.

 If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of times,

 there is the possibility of seeing hope... 

We can say,

 'I can be a rainbow in the clouds for someone yet to be.' 

That may be our calling.

 --Maya Angelou

The skies opened up and rain poured down for just a few minutes Saturday afternoon. I went to the back porch to watch it rain. 

Even before the cloud burst was over,  the sun was peeking out, so I grabbed my camera and an umbrella, scooted the kittens off the back stoop and ran for the car, hoping to see a rainbow. 

And I did. So what were our totals?

• A few puddles
• The sweetest smell 
•  0.20" of rain in the rain gauge, 
• And a double rainbow

Hope sometimes evaporates as quickly as those puddles did. A drought of hope can dry up our spirits as decidedly as two summers of drought have dried our fields. I like what Maya Angelou had to say and it bears repeating - mainly so I can hear it again today:

"If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of times,

 there is the possibility of seeing hope.

... We can say,

 'I can be a rainbow in the clouds for someone yet to be.' 

That may be our calling."

It's a good mission for the week, don't you think?

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