Rain

These pictures were taken in Florida when we were on vacation a few years ago. We drove a couple of hours to go to the beach and it clouded up and poured down rain about 20 minutes after we got there!

I live in Kansas and so this is not the view from my window as I watched the rain the day I wrote this poem,...but I just added it because I couldn't find another rain picture. ((smile))
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Rain

A gentle rain is falling on this quiet summer day
I gaze outside my window and I feel prompted to pray

Why is it that the showers drench my dry and longing soul?
As I see the dancing raindrops and I hear the thunder roll

I turn my eyes toward heaven and I wonder with my mind
Why my precious Lord and Savior is so generous and kind

We’ve had days of heat and swelter where we grumble and complain
And yet the faithful Savior now sends peaceful quiet rain

There’s a feeling of contentment rising up within my heart
As I smile and draw a breath and let the vespers have their start

Thank you Jesus for your mercy raining down upon us all
Thank you for the generous blessings as the showers freely fall

Now my grass will green and flourish as it soaks in all the drops
And my flowers will stand taller,…heat had given them the flops!

Don’t we all feel bouts of weariness when summer takes it’s toll?
I know I often wilt outside when scorching heat and hot winds blow

But this morning here I sit inside just listening to the rain
And I find it’s rhythm soothing, like a lullaby’s refrain

I needed sweet refreshment,…we all do from time to time
So I sat inside and watched the rain and made this little rhyme

Wash me now oh precious Master with the wonder of your love
As you send the welcomed showers from your reservoir above

Always there to hear our murmurings,…how often we complain!
But today I choose to praise Him for the blessing of the rain!

By Linda Hogeland June 2009

A Quiet Easter Day ~~~Poem

Rain is softly falling on this quiet Easter day
I find it rather soothing in a tender sort of way

At church the music touched me, and spoke gently in my ears
Reminding me of Jesus and the way He calms my fears

He climbed up Calvary’s mountain and He hung upon that tree
His life He traded for my sins and then He set me free

He rose up from that empty tomb and simply walked away
The victor over death and hell on that first Easter day

The peace I carry in my soul is something very real
The love my dear Lord showed me, gave me new life full of zeal

Yet the zeal has quiet moments as I ponder His great gift
Everyday I talk to Jesus and it gives my heart a lift

Yes, in prayer we have communion and He listens to my needs
Generously in plush green pastures,…. His dear sheep He sweetly feeds

As I look out my front window and I see the raindrops fall
I dwell on all the Easter blessings,…they are precious to recall

Sometimes Easter brings the sunshine and the warmth of a spring day
And the families gather outside while the children run and play

But this year He brought us raindrops, and so I sit inside and ponder
All the glories He will show me when the streets of gold I wander

Hallelujah, to my Savior, Hallelujah to my King
He arose on Easter morning giving me a song to sing!

As I sing it won’t you join me? Giving praise to Christ the Lord
Sing it softly, sing it sweetly, blessings are His kind reward

On this Easter day I praise Him, thank Him for unselfish love
And I hear the angels anthem praising Him from courts above

So I’ve welcomed all these raindrops, I’ve said all I’m going to say
Thank you Jesus for the beauty of… A Quiet Easter day

By Linda Hogeland ~~~ April 2009