Why Won't It Stop Raining Already?!!

At the writing of this blog, I am fifty-four years old. In the history of my life, I cannot recall experiencing so much rain in a single year. I feel like I live in London or something, or maybe Ireland. It’s unbelievable.

There is a small pond across the street in a vacant field which is normally dry and used to harvest hay. The pond water is now seeping under the road and emerging like a well at the top of my driveway, overflowing onto and down my driveway, creating multiple large puddles along the way. Ultimately, it reaches a point about four-hundred feet back, creating a small, temporary pond. I have two sump pumps on my property, too, both of which have been running nonstop for days on end.

I’m a guy who loves the sun. I lived in Hawaii for over three years. I loved that place because most days were warm, sunny, and dry! I miss that weather a lot, but here’s the point of this blog…

This is God’s creation last time I checked. He gives grace to His creation in ways pleasing to Himself. Who am I to complain?


So, in the middle of a lesson on godly love, God inserts this hallmark statement, “For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (v45). What’s the takeaway here? Well, for starters, it provides perspective that quickly squashes my pity party. In fact, it reminds me that rain is a good thing (makes me think about folks in some parts of the world right now who must walk hours just to fill up a water jug because there’s no fresh water near their homes). In my neck of the woods, all the houses are on well water. Where do you think that water comes from?

God. After all, He controls all things, including the weather, according to Holy Scripture, right?

Do I know why God sends rain or sunshine on any given day? Nope. So then, what’s the right perspective to have after a year of constant rain? The answer is: love it! Isn’t love behind God’s grace? Indeed. Then love whatever He brings your way.

If you like the sun like I do, just think of how much more you’ll appreciate it after a long stint of rain. Maybe, just maybe, God is breaking you from your familiarity with His grace. Ever thought of that? Maybe He has decided that some of us need a wake-up call because in some way we’ve begun to take Him for granted.





Why won’t it stop raining already? Seriously, Ed, that’s your complaint of the day (yes, I talk to myself)? Shame on me, right? I’ll take that; but don’t forget to look in the mirror, OK? We’re all familiar with God’s grace in one way or another. So, the next time you catch yourself complaining, pray to God that He gives you better perspective.

Rain is good for a lot of reasons. It fills reservoirs, waters crops, and even provides an opportunity to prompt an attitude adjustment, as needed.

Which is the greater, longer lasting, more fruitful form of deliverance:  relief from suffering or relief as a result of receiving perspective? HINT: sometimes God calms the storm; sometimes He calms the sailor.


Love in Christ,

Ed Collins