OH! The Rains Came Down as the Floods Came Up!

Did you ever sing that song in Sunday School growing up?
You know the one about the Foolish Man building his house upon the sand, and the Wise Man building his house upon the rock and when the rains came down and the floods came up the Foolish Man's house went *SPLAT* but the House on the Rock stood firm!

Talk about RAIN!
Whew! I cannot remember ever having been sent home from school early when I was a kid because of rain. Now, not to get ahead of ourselves too much, but even this morning when I woke up and heard the rain at my window I thought, I wonder how much this would be in SNOW! Yeah, no, let's not even go there. I'm enjoying the fall way too much to think about what follows it!

So the Rain.

Showers of Blessings? A much needed drink for the earth?
Seriously, that's not generally my first reaction to a rainy day!

Or perhaps soggy pant legs? An umbrella left in your CAR rather than in your house when you needed it this morning? Flooded shoes? Hydroplaning? Traffic crawling? Foggy windshields? Late to appointments? Kids school closing wrecking your plans? Water EVERYWHERE? Ceilings leaking? Walls dripping? Sump pumps working (we hope!)?

Or maybe there's a reason we want to stay in bed on a rainy morning.
Not to escape the things about super soggy days that make us impatient & frustrated, but a chance to enjoy the sound of the water hitting the window pane.
Not to avoid the rat race, but a chance to sit a while, curl up with a good book, just "be."
So often we just go go go without slowing the pace to enjoy family togetherness when there is no where else we need to be.
Enjoy the unexpected change of pace and the interruption of life that it is and be thankful for an evening when you don't want to and don't have to endure the madness.

What's your favorite thing about a rainy day?