Not only has the smoke been suffocating the plants but the last few days, more fires have started, one of which destroyed hundreds of miles of the Columbia Gorge going from Oregon to Washington. After this particular fire started the air quality rose to the worst it has been all summer causing "outdoor school" to be held in doors. The entire state of Oregon has been praying for rain for months now and finally, we felt the smallest drops yesterday.
Today when we started worship, we began with "Let It Rain". When we took our lunch break and went outside you could smell it in the air and before the end of Outdoor school rain was pouring down, and the students rushed back outside to get a taste.
It was like a miracle had happened. Just yesterday everyone was covering their mouths and having allergic reactions to the smoke. But as soon as it started to rain everyone and everything breathed in fresh air.
The students played, stood, and/or sat in the rain, smiles on their faces, until they were thoroughly soaked. Even the plants on our porch have been revived. Instead of withering in both stem and color, the flowers have a renewed vibrancy in their petals and it's almost as if you can see in the color a breath of relief.
It's amazing how something as simple as rain can bring so much life to creatures and plants that were gasping for air.
It's amazing that for the first time in weeks I can walk outside and breathe. I can smell the rain. I can feel the moisture in the air that had been so dry for what felt would become an endless amount of time.
How can something so simple as rain, be such a miracle?
John 4:14
"But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
John 7:38
"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'"
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