Can You See It?

Isaiah 51: Those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Can you see this picture?

A group of us are rescued from disaster and we are singing at the goodness of our Savior, as he leads us out of the desert – where we are dry and parched.

AS WE ARE SINGING, these crowns are placed on our heads, they read “JOY.”

Then all of a sudden, these huge clouds full of rain appear behind us.  Only they are not ominous clouds of disaster, but rather clouds bringing hope of rain on our dry, weary hearts.

As we keep walking, these clouds overtake us, pause right above us, and dump the most refreshing rain we’ve ever experienced.  We stand with our mouths open, our hands lifted, and our hands open as we soak in this life-giving rain that has overtaken our journey in the dry land.

As the rain pours, as we stand there wet and satisfied, every bit of sorrow and sighing flees away.

And the crowns of joy are there to stay.