Between the Rains (song series)

“Let us strive to know the Lord. 
His appearance is as sure as the dawn. 
He will come to us like the rain, 
like the spring showers that water the land.” 

Hosea 6:3

Springtime is a time of new growth and revival after a long and cold winter. We anticipate the spring showers that rejuvenate the soil and lure the hidden buds to emerge from within the ground.  What a joy when the heavens open and release not a sprinkle but a downpour upon us.  How refreshing and life giving it is especially when we are in a dry and brittle state.

I love to picture God's provision and love like that kind of rain…not a little sparse watering…but an abundance and complete saturation of the soul.  Oh to rest and rejoice in that kind of drenching!

God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’

Job 37:5-6

But we know that there are those times of trusting between the rains…when we wait...when we face trials...when we fervently pray for His reply and sit in a desert and prepare. He will answer. He promises He will provide in the proper time.

There are those moments when your child is sick, when your loved one is in the hospital, when you are waiting to hear if you got the job, when your next paycheck can’t come soon enough, when you feel alone, or when you are completely overwhelmed and you need a rescue. We find we wait often for answers, for renewal, for healing, for desire. We wait for rain and cry out for that which it brings – new life.

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul, I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil

Deuteronomy 11:13,14 

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Between the rains

Becki J Buescher

Sweet Savior

In You I'm satisfied

Sovereign Glory

We await our morning joy

You pave the way

And hold each day

What a privilege

to trust in You

Between the rains

I rest in You

Patient for what You will do

Though dry and frail, prepare my heart

For Your flood to rush through

Known by You

You see my heart

And hold me close

For You love me so

Pour down Your grace

Saturate my soul

No other place
I would rather go

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus

And to take Him at His Word

Just to rest upon his promise

And to know "Thus saith the Lord"

(Louisa M.R. Stead)