Today as I was driving through Oklahoma the most unusual event occurred. I had to drive through blinding rain and feared that my rental car would get pummeled with hail. I kept praying for my car and then expanded my prayers to those farmsteads along the highway. There was some pea size hail but nothing which would damage the car. I didn’t see any damage along the way happening to the farmers either.

In addition to my fear regarding the hail I was also concerned that my car would stay on the highway. The rain let up for just a minute when I saw a rainbow in the Eastern sky. I saw the full arc of the rainbow and started praising God for the beauty of it. Then something very unusual happened. It is like God picked up that rainbow and moved it right in the field next to me. I actually saw the start of a rainbow! I have never ever seen the start of a rainbow where it was almost so close I could touch it.

I pulled off the road trying to take a picture with my stupid cell phone which didn’t cooperate at all. I was still getting rained on so I finally gave up. Some things are just meant to be memories and nothing else I guess.

I thought at first it was crazy that this would happen in Oklahoma of all places. I never gave Oklahoma credit for giving birth to anything good. Then I realized that someone in my blogging audience may have been treated like they were not any good. They may be going through a blinding storm in their life and not know if they can stay on the right road or not.

All I can say to that person is “hold on tight honey because the start of the rainbow is about ready to be dropped down right next to you.” I can tell you one thing; it is the most amazing end to a storm. Not only will you enjoy the rainbow but you will also realize how strong you have become due to the storm you survived.

I must confess I have felt as if I haven’t been near devoted enough to God lately. I do pray but I have not studied His Word like I should, nor attended church on a regular basis. Then He does something plum amazing like this that totally blows my mind and I realize it isn’t at all about what I have done but about who He is. He just defies all sense of normality with His amazing self and this is only one of the many events He has placed in my life which drops my jaw to the floor in awe. I could go on and on about Him but I know what you all are thinking… where is that pot of gold?

Well, I didn’t see it anywhere. I didn’t really look to be honest but somehow I think to have a God who keeps His covenant even when we consistently and tirelessly fail to keep our end of the deal is greater than gold.