Singin' in the Rain

I woke up this morning with the clouds grey and rain falling down on the patio outside. Most people would be disappointed at this, but I, unlike most people, was happy.
Rain is a strange thing. It causes— most of the time— the sky to be dark and un-beautiful. However, we all need rain, without it life would seize to exist. We have seen pictures of the desert, dry and barren, and most importantly, no life. Well, there is some, but no human would chose to live there, they would die.
Not only do we need the rain, but it's also a refreshment for the world. Think of plants in the desert, when it finally does rain they soak up every drop of that life giving hydrogen oxide (yes, I'm taking a chemistry class). Those plants need the water and when they receive it, if they could dance they would.
The rain cleans as well. Have you ever gone outside after a rain and breathed in the air? If not, you need to get out there and do it the next time it rains. The atmosphere is so clean, clear, and fresh.
Everyone needs a good refreshing rain shower. I received one this weekend in Portland at Acquire the Fire. Everything seemed to disappear that weekend as I drew closer to God, I felt the rain come.
I received the rain I needed, that life giving water. I don't think I even realized what I had missed until I drank in that water and soaked in the rain. I was so dry, I hadn't realized it until God rained down his love on me and I remembered how much I needed that rain and God. It was so refreshing, I came home and felt so renewed. I felt like I had slept for five days straight. I didn't even know how much I needed just a little break and fill myself with God's relieving rain. I also felt cleaned, like how you feel after camping for ten days without any shower whatsoever and you finally come home and take a 45 minute shower. I had felt so dirty for so long, and now I was cleaned again.
So I won't complain of the rain, I will sing and dance in it because I know it's for my benefit and it can't hurt.
However, I am aware that often times after these rains there are great thunderstorms, but I will stand up to the storms because I know that my God is more powerful than those storms. If the storm is rocking me back and forth like a ship in a stormy sea, my captain will deliver me and keep me safe.
Needless to say I love rain.
Let the stormy clouds chase,
everyone from the place.
Come on with the rain,
I've a smile on face.
I'll walk down the lane,
with a happy refrain
just singin', singin' in the rain.