God's Healing Rain

This is Sunday morning. Today was my turn to be with Nathan on Sunday morning. We had our own little worship service in his room. No, I didn’t preach a sermon. We read from Colossians 1:9-21 and Psalm 34:1-8 and then watched the “Healing Rain” CD by Michael W. Smith. The rain we had last night reminded me of God’s healing rain. Some of the lyrics are especially meaningful to us during this time of Nathan’s treatment. “Healing rain, it comes with fire, so let it fall, and take us higher, healing rain, I’m not afraid, to be washed, in heaven’s rain, lift your heads, let us return, to the mercy seat, where time began, and in your eyes, I see the pain, come soak this dry heart, with healing rain, and only you, the Son of Man, can take a leper, and let him stand, so lift your hands, they can be held, by someone greater, the Great I Am, healing rain, it comes with fire, so let it fall, and take us higher, healing rain I’m not afraid, to be washed in heaven’s rain, to be washed in heaven’s rain, healing rain, is falling down, healing rain, is falling down, I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid.” I am coming to see healing as being much bigger than “cure”. Healing may or may not include cure. We pray for Nathan’s cure. However, one thing we know is that God’s healing rain comes down upon us to soak our dryness, to heal our brokenness, to quiet our fears, to heal our pain, to surround us with God’s love and care, and to give us peace. We are also surrounded by the love and care of many people. We rejoice this morning that Nathan’s white blood cell count has climbed to 0.3. H still is running a fever which is expected with his counts so low. He was going to add to the blog but he was too tired and decided to lay down and sleep instead. Perhaps he will feel like writing something later. Thanks for your continued prayers and may you know God’s healing rain falling down upon you today.

Tim