The Rainy Days

Cedar has been such a fun place to live in.  We have had the craziest rain storms at least 2+ times a week.  It is absolutely beautiful!  To sit on my porch or look through my front window and watch and hear the sound of rain (ahh my headache just went away) it's peaceful.  In this town when it rains, oh you bet in rains. The gutters are completely filled greatly resemble 2 ft deep x 3ft wide streams.  On my street my neighbors are always running around in the rain soaking wet, laughing.  It makes me think about the joy the we can receive when we repent.   I think the best part about these rain storms is that the earth is fresh and clean again. It reminds me of the song we sang in primary last Sunday, "When I Am Baptized"

I like to look for rainbows whenever there is rain
And ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean again.

Chorus
I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can and live with God again.

I know when I am baptized my wrongs are washed away,
And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day.

I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain.
I want to be the best I can and live with God again.

 

Words: Nita Dale Milner, b. 1952; adapted. © 1989 IRI Music: Nita Dale Milner, b. 1952. © 1989 IRI

I loved singing that song to me.  That day it rang so clear and true to me about being clean body, mind and spirit.  Just like our earth is cleansed and purified from rain, we to can receive joy from making right of our wrong doings.

I pray that all of us can strive to be mindful of what we put on and in our bodies and cautions of what we do and say to loved ones and others.  And never forget that cleanliness is through our Atoning Savior Jesus Christ.

Love you All!