RAINBOW
Today's reading: Genesis 7-9

"I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my permanent promise to you and to all the earth." Genesis 9:13 NLT

Rainbow-an arc or circle that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in raindrops, spray or mist.

Noah had to endure hard work, taunting, jeering, mocking and a watery upheaval from his home in order to see a rainbow. He had to lose extended family. He had to watch as his neighbor's small children were swept into the flood waters. He had to swallow the bile that rose up in his throat as his future, past and present began to float, an inch at a time in a boat he had built by his own hands. He had to live in a zoo for longer than any of us would want to. Close smelly quarters, to say the least.

All to see God's promise to never flood the world again arc across the sky.

Maybe it's the same for you?

Maybe you're seeing His promises come true through the refraction and reflection of the Son in your blood, sweat and tears.

You are enduring because He said He would walk you through it.

You are waiting because He said it would happen.

You are fostering hope because He said it would be yours to hold one day.

You are marking off calendar boxes, a day at a time, getting closer and closer to the end of your storm.

And while you're doing all that, you are seeing glimpses of color. Tiny prisms of light. Shades of tinted hues. You're not seeing the whole rainbow--yet, but you know in your heart you will.

And do you know what? Others see the colors God is bringing to your life, too! It's all to do with how closely you walk with the Son and the reflection of His glory through you.