Have you ever smelled the sweet smell right after a rain storm? Felt the breeze, knowing that a storm is over?
I have been thinking a lot about rain storms lately. Living in Southern Oregon we are very blessed at experience rain storms at any given time this time of year. As a matter of fact we had our pre-adoption photo shoot planned today and had to reschedule for next weekend due to the rain.
This last year has been really rough for my husband and I. He had an accident and had to have major surgery, which he is still healing from, but it is getting better all the time. It has been really rough to bounce back financially and has felt like one storm after another.
Today we went to church like we always do then, had another one of my favorite things happen. An afternoon talking about the dreams and paths we believe God is going to take us. What does this have to do with the smell after the storm? What does this have to do with the storm?
I sit here and close my eyes and think about what it smells like after the rain comes down. The smell is one none of us can forget nor do we want to.we even try to put it in a spray and candle form. It is the smell of cleanness and purity. I believe that my husband and I are in this season. Right before God moves, He takes away anything that is keeping us from the journey He has for us, it is the sweet smell of change and anticipation. You know that at any minute the winds are going to change and the storm is over!!
While things have been really rocky and the storm has seemed bigger then I could have ever imagine. I now feel that the winds are changing and that our dreams are ever closer. I may not have liked the storm, but He has always been there, helping to rise above, increasing my faith, and helping to see that He is bigger than any storm I will ever face. Psalms 107:29-31 "He calms the storm, So that its waves are still. Then they are quiet; So He guides them to their desired haven. Oh that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness."
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