In the middle of the afternoon, my prayers were amply answered by an unusually heavy rainfall. It just fell out of the clouds! At least there was no thunder and even patches of blue skies were visible.
Something beautiful happened, something new in my cul-de-sac. Five neighbor children, ages approximately 6 to 8, ran outside and started playing, enjoying the downpour. Someone brought a bat and someone else brought a bright yellow tennis ball and they made their own rules. Mostly, though, they just relished in getting totally wet, even kicking off their flip-flops. As the road became slightly flooded, they giggled, squeaked, and behaved like - children!
I remember my would-be-farmer Daddy saying that rain was better for yards and plants then just 'city water' because the rain had 'minerals.' Lots of minerals today!
It was kind of noisy, grabbed my attention, so I just turned my kitchen chair around to watch the show and put up my feet on the windowsill (for the first time). I sipped a cup of coffee and then went back to the cupboard for 2 graham crackers. Why not!
Several birds leaped around in the puddle gathered in the low part of the patio. The big drops made circles in the puddles. It was kind of pretty.
I guess God cleaned the world today! When we were scared of thunder and lightning, my mom would tell my brothers and me that "the angels are bowling up in heaven" and that's what I told my children. Our street had ditches lining both sides of the sidewalk-less, curb-less road, and the rain would quickly collect every time it came. In the summers, ALL of the children, the many children on the street, would automatically put on their bathing suits and run up and down the street in the ditches.
The sun chased away the clouds and the deluge stopped as suddenly as it had started!
Praise you, Lord, for the rain and praise you, Lord, for the children!
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