Covenant

The cacophony of anger, mistrust, hatred, false accusations, lust, unfaithfulness, unbridled criminal activity, child abduction and other untold dark emotions and actions seem to fill up every square inch of the media ~ all media ~ these days. I try to steer away from that negative stuff but lately the noise has been deafening and unavoidable.

I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and saddened by the untold ways that people treat each other when I glanced in my bathroom. There, on the shower floor, was a rainbow. I smiled.

Never mind that we haven't had any rain for months. Never mind that it was a reflection from a beveled mirror. It was a gift. A visible reminder to me that despite all evidence to the contrary, God does care about us and is in control.

I (the Lord God) have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth...

Whenever the rainbow appears...I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. (Genesis 9:13, 16)