27 Oct 2008

Beauty of rain storms

Not sure how many of you have watched cloud formation and especially the behaviour of storm clouds.

I am fortunate to be able to do quite a bit of it because I have a good view of the sky over the East Coast of Singapore. While I don’t get to see the sea but I do see the storm clouds very often, sometimes at 4 am, when lightening storms rage.

Today, I saw within a 15-20 mins span, a sight that I can only thank God for. What first caught my attention is the dark clouds gathering speed and pulling wisps of saturation – visible to my eyes like the fraying ends of a silk, but dark wisps. Thicker than streaks… and I was expecting the rains to come.. so I watched.

Lo and behold, in that short time span, even as I was praying – reminded of dark skies being indicative of major spiritual warfare in the heavenlies as portrayed in the novels by Peretti – I saw the change, which I never took the time to realise can happen.

The dark clouds rolled and pushed out over the horizon and the skies cleared – bright fluffy whites with the blue skies revealed. Like the beauty of the egg yolk against the white in a sunny side up egg during breakfast, I get to admire the beauty of the natural / calm skies.

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God starts us out on a life course to fulfill a certain purpose and then, only when we are ready, He gives us course corrections. Like a good river pilot, He steers us away from troubled waters, and like a good coach, He never puts us in the game until we are ready. The journey is never boring.

REMEMBER THIS ABOUT YOU...

  Read this out loud to yourself, and mean it!!

  I am precious, valuable, lovable and capable.
  The world will not be the same without me.
  I make a difference in this world, in the community I live in.
  I can make another person smile.
  I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
  I sing for I am loved by a great God whose nature is to give  love, mercy and grace.

  [In Hindi]
  Mai amulya hoon.
  Yeh duniya mayray bina wahi nahin rahegi.
  Mayray hone say is duniya mein kuch badlav hai.
  Mujh se doosre ke chahre pay muskuraahat aati hai.
  Mujhe bhayankar se banaya gaya hai.
  Mujhe gaana hai ki ek mahaan; ishwhar mujhe pyaar karte.
  Hain aur mayray prati daya dikhaate hain.