Bring on the Rain

Okay, so the month of June isn't much better this year than it was last year. Last June we lost our precious dog, and that was enough. This year we were all saying that June would be so much better. Funny how our expectations and assumptions seem to blow up in our faces! It was all good as the girls completed school and we had the graduations. Then things began to go downhill. On the day the girls graduated, our basement flooded (again) and we found 4 inches of water in the basement. Enough said. Our phone quit and stayed broken for over a week. Serena dropped her phone in the toilet. It is now a "throne phone" The washer broke, leaving me with a pile of laundry for two weeks. The bugs ate all of our beans. Then ate our peppers. Then ate the new peppers. Ugh. Our beloved pastor resigned. Other issues have arisen that have Steve and I both stressed out. I won't share here. Anyway, we're trying to see what all of this means. Why when it rains, it always seems to pour. Why our prayers get answered in the exact opposite way of how we presented them sometimes. Why things always seem to get worse before they get better. Why little things can add up to big things. Why. Maybe that's the biggest question. The good news is that while we are waiting for things to get better, God is still at work, making all of the bad pieces into something good. Beauty for ashes. Things may have to get worse, in order for His purpose to be revealed and fulfilled. Decisions may have to be made that weren't in YOUR master plan that are certainly part of HIS. It's all for His glory, and we know He is watching to see what we will do with what we've been handed. It's not easy. We don't like it. We are tired of it, but we will persevere all the same. Bring on the rain. I've got a big umbrella.