God Put A Rainbow in the Clouds

    God put a rainbow in the clouds
God put a rainbow in the clouds
when looked like the sun wouldn't shine anymore
Thats when God put a rainbow in the clouds

That is one of my favorite songs from the Angelic Gospel Singers. I saw a rainbow on the way home from school today. It was bright and beautiful. Tears welled up in my eyes as I thought of the symbol of the rainbow. For me, it means everything is going to be alright. In the Bible it is a covenant between God and man, the He would never destroy the earth again by water.

I have seen rainbows before, the first time the sign came that everything would be alright was in December 1996.  I had just gotten home from Kansas with my friend Betty. It was a long trip and because I couldn't drive, she did all of the driving in one day. The next day was Sunday and my mom and I went to Sharon's for some reason. Maybe it was she wanted to see me. I had been away a week.  When we got there that Sunday morning, I was kind of depressed myself. I guess I was just tired, but I was thinking about getting older and not having a man in my life.  I had a crush on Matt, but Matt at that time was just a little slow about taking a hint. When we got to Sharon's, she informed us that her husband said that he was leaving, the two girls were very upset. So I took one with me and my mom took the other one to church with her. As I mentioned I had just got back from Kansas, I was a little tired. I had the four year old with me, I had brought some Christmas decorations from my trip. As I unpacked them, I asked her if she wanted to help me put them up. I had a little table top tree, and the minature decorations to go with it. She was amazed. "A little tree, just my size" she said. I let her decorate and we fixed a snack and she seemed to be better.  When my mom came by, Sharon needed to go to the mall, so all of us got in the van.  As my mom drove out to the mall, when we truned on Eisenhower Drive, there was a rainbow.  This rainbow was bright and beautiful, it followed us to the mall.  The kids were just so in awe of it and I told Sharon that was God's way of telling her that everything would be alright.  It was a hard process that she went through, but eventually everything was OK. At Christmas now, when I pull out that table top tree I am reminded of Kirsten at 4 being so amazed at that little tree.

     The second time I saw that rainbow like that, we were in Tennessee. Matt had just lost his job at WJLS. He was hurt and angry, so was I. We were scheduled to go on vacation, so we went.  Matt needed his dad to talk to him and I just needed to get away. I wasn't sure how we would make it one one income and unemployment. I took money from my retirement and paid off all of the bills.  We were going out to dinner and I saw that rainbow and I told Matt that everything was going to be alright. It was eventually. We had some rough days, because Matt is a guy and guys don't handle some things well at all. 2004 was a hard year for us.

     As I struggle to find my new road in this world, and wondering will I ever work anywhere again, God let me know that everything was going to be OK. He put that rainbow in the sky just for me. Of course I have seen rainbows at other times, but these times stand out as I needed a sign from the Lord or someone else that I was around did.


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