"EACH OF US HAS AT LEAST ONCE EXPERIENCED THE MOMENTOUS REALITY OF GOD
. . . TO SOME PEOPLE THEY ARE LIKE SHOOTING STARS, PASSING AND UNREMEMBERED. IN OTHERS THEY KINDLE A LIGHT THAT IS NEVER QUENCHED"
- Abraham Heschel
People like to talk about hundred year storms. But one hardly hears of other sights that comes along every hundred years or so. But what about a hundred year rainbow? Beautiful, frightening, a rare interuption of the normal order of things. Every once in a while man is given a glimpse into the heavenly and an encounter with 'the Holy.'
The rainbow is a reminder that God will never flood the world again. Whether that is the first rainbow that happened in the history of the world in the early chapters of Genesis or whether God stamps the rainbow with new meaning for his promises towards humankind, the rainbow still takes our breaths away when we see them today. God is still with us. Man is not alone. In the stillness of holy moments, may we pray, "Lord speak to us in the silence and give us eyes to see beyond what is seen. Lord, please give us a new heart so that we can understand."
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