Morning Rainbows

The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”     Genesis 9:16 NKJV

When I stepped out my door this morning, something about the atmosphere felt a little "off" to me.  I checked the time, and it was about the time I normally take Bailey on her first walk of the day.  It was just finally daylight, but it was just sort of an odd light...

The sky was sort of pink-ish, and I found myself trying to recall the old poem about the meaning of red skies.  Then I decided that was too much mental effort too soon after waking, and Bailey needed her walk, regardless of the color of the sky.  So off we went.

Just a few steps down the road, I looked up at the sky again, and that's when I saw it.  On the backdrop of the pinkish purple sky was a most perfect rainbow!  It was fairly mesmerizing.  When the path began to turn so that the rainbow was no longer in view, I frustrated Bailey by making her turn back to walk in the opposite direction so that I could continue to see the rainbow.  

I considered going back to the house for my phone because I felt the sight should be documented.  I'm not sure I've ever seen a morning rainbow, and I'm certain I've never seen one quite like this.  But this occasion, I decided, should just be experienced versus photographed.  

There was somewhat of a stillness to the morning, though the birds were fairly active.  Seeing them fly, as it were, under the rainbow reminded me of many of my childhood drawings.  It brought visions of Noah and the first rainbow and led me to ponder for a moment what that must have been like.

I began to think of the words of the song "Days of Elijah"-- "Behold He comes riding on the clouds..."  

There was just a sense of hopefulness for the day ahead.

And then the raindrops began to fall!

Though we got home with barely a sprinkle, as I sit now there is a steady rain falling.  It's prompting me to want to go back to sleep, to be honest, but that's not an option.  

Soon it will be time to be off to work.  And while that's not what I really would like to be doing on this now dreary, rainy day, it is what I shall do.   Perhaps the rain will make it a slow day in fast food.... Or, perhaps, it will prompt a never-ending line at the drive-thru.

Still, I will carry with me this day a simple reminder of hope and of the wonderful promises of God.  He has not forgotten or forsaken me, and this season, as seasons do, shall pass.

...Just a thought...