Dancing in the Rain

Did you ever see children playing in the rain hopping in every puddle they couldn’t wait to get to; splashing water everywhere that brought about laughter with every drop? The clothes would get wet but the spirit giggled with delight. The mud doesn’t matter or the season of the year. It’s a time to dance and play and enjoy the present moment

When the storms in your life bring about deep puddles, shallow puddles or the appearance of puddles, do we walk through them, jump over them or do we wait for them to dry up on their own? Sometimes waiting causes life to be a lot harder than if we would have acted on the situation or circumstance right away.

Some of us thought that if we ignored the problem that it would go away if we did not acknowledge it on its own, only to look a little further down the road and run into it again head on. We have not learned to navigate properly. We fear. We don’t understand that going through the storm circumvents obstacles that we would not have to face later on in life. I call it “handle your business.”

Step up and do the stuff that keeps you from dancing in life. Face the storms, prepare for the storms and hold to God’s hand as He takes you through the storm. Some storms are light weight and others pact a full force. No matter which one you are weathering, God will be there. Trust Him, seek His Word and let Jesus guide you daily.

Storms are a natural pattern of the seasonal life, just as they are a part of our natural life. They come and they go and only last for a short time. Determine that you will be like a little child when the storms bring rain in your life. Learn to be God’s partner as He hand dance and waltz you through each puddle. Let Him lead. His steps are well practiced and sure.

Think of rain as it gives us a rainbow of God’s promise to us. It can water the flower gardens of life with hope, peace and destiny. Learn to dance, dance, dance!


Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass… it’s about learning to dance in the rain.