Grace Like Rain by Todd Agnew
On June 1st, I found myself in an interesting position. I left work frustrated with my boss because her procrastination caused me to pick up the pieces again. So instead of heading home I had to run an errand in the opposite direction. While I stood in Staples it downpoured and hailed outside. I rushed through the rain to get home and came to an abrupt stop because of heavy traffic only about a mile from home. I figured there was flooding and switched on the radio. There may have been flooding but the delay was due to a tornado that danced through West Springfield, Springfield, and eventually out to Monson. It took me seven hours to get home that night. As hungry and frustrated as I was when I got home, it all dissipated the next day when I realized the 3.86 mile drive from work to home had been the path the tornado took for about 2.5 of it.
At one point on Wednesday night I found myself on a road unable to go anywhere. The skies opened up and it torrential downpoured. I turned my car off to wait it out when it became evident we weren't going anywhere. The rain kept coming. Tonight as I listened to Grace Like Rain, I thought back to my experience on Wednesday night. His grace kept me safe but I observed a lot about rain that evening also.
While my car was running during the downpour the wipers couldn't keep up. Even on the highest setting they may as well not been on. The rain came down so swiftly that it looked like my car was underwater. Then the water built up underneath the car as there was no outlet for it since there was so much.
Tonight I envisioned God opening up His grace and covering me with it. He pours it out and there is so much that I can't absorb it all. There is so much that even if I wipe it away I am instantly covered again. It collects beneath my feet because I don't soak it all up nor does it disappear as soon as it drips from me. I can splash in it. Sometimes it may feel like God only gave us a drizzle, but I really do think that it is more a steady, unrelenting rain.
