Love INC of the Boise Community

Weathering the Storms of Life

Dancing in the rain!

Last year, while meandering through the booths at Art In The Park, I found a wall plaque that I just had to have. It read, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, It is about learning to dance in the rain.” I loved the sentiment, dancing in the rain! Thoughts of Apostle Paul rejoicing in prison, visions of Gene Kelly’s famous dance routine in “Singing in the Rain” and Vettriano’s oil painting, “Singing Butler” came to mind … And who doesn’t have fond childhood memories of playing in a soft, warm summer’s rain, collecting worms, playing in the mud and splashing in puddles!

Ah, but not everyone in Vettriano’s picture is care-free, dancing, or even singing for that matter. Some are blocking the wind and holding the umbrellas, and they are not even smiling, let alone singing or dancing.

Having spent half of my days living in the mid-west, I have experienced many hours hunkered down under stairwells in basements while waiting for the storms to pass … torrential, horizontally driven rains; shingles ripped from the roof; water leaking through the ceiling and penetrating through window seals, siding pelted with hail, and trees flying through the air. Honestly, I don’t ever recall singing or dancing under the stairwells while waiting for the storms to pass. However, I vividly recall emerging from the cellar to sunny skies and stunning, breathtaking rainbows … God’s covenant in the clearing sky, glistening and full of promise!

Storms are metaphors for the trials in our lives. We are called to hunker down with each other through times of need and distress, and we hold the umbrellas for those who can not hold their own. In the midst of the storm we often cry out in prayer something like the song:

When I think I’m going under, part the waters, Lord

When I feel the waves around me, calm the sea

When I cry for help, oh, hear me, Lord and hold out Your hand

Touch my life

Still the raging storm in me.

At Love INC Boise, we pray, and we serve God by helping others in the midst of the storm in their lives even while enduring the storms in our own lives. We care, we listen, we hold the umbrellas, if only for a short time, and we sing God’s praises through it all.

Maybe this is the dance!

Serving with you In the Name of Christ,

Kathy Drabek

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