Pray for Rain
It’s been a LONG time since we’ve had rain. Generally it starts raining gradually in November and December but the start of the real rains is over the holidays, usually on Christmas or Christmas Eve. This year, the rains started well in November and early December and people talked that this will be a good year. Unfortunately we haven’t had any rain since December 14. January is usually drier than the other months, but it is the height of the growing season. People are afraid that because we haven’t had rain for so long they are going to loose their crops. Lately, rain has been in the forecast, as high as a 95% chance of rain. However, whatever rain we receive, is just a few drops and is just enough to wet the ground and bring the laundry in from the wash line.

It makes us think about the realities of global climate change and see what it means for people on the losing end of the change. People’s lives are so much in flux depending on the weather and if their crops produce. We keep praying for rain.

This morning, I journaled, “It makes me wonder what it must have felt like during Old Testament times when Ahab was king and it didn’t rain for three years. What did people do or think? Did a lot of people starve?” We keep praying for rain, for God to have mercy on his people and their lives. Oh God, bring sufficient rain.