It’s been raining since March. I waited all Spring for the rain to stop. Then I waited all Summer for the rain to stop. It is Fall now. And it is still raining. It may be time to build the ark. I have a very uneasy feeling about what this Winter will bring. I’m scoping the classified ads for used snowmobiles, snowshoes and cross country skis.
Goats hate getting wet. They won’t cross streams, play in puddles or splash in the rain. Goats, you should know, are made of sugar so they melt in the rain (so I have been told). You might imagine my surprise when I saw Molly grazing in the middle of the pasture during (another) downpour today. In our 6 years with goats, I have never seen one stand in the rain.
I had to go check on her. From a distance, it looked like she was just out grazing – but I can’t imagine why she would be out in this weather. So, I grabbed a beach towel, pulled on my muck boots, donned my raincoat and husband’s floppy marine hat – to trudge out in this 57-degree soggy mess to check on my girl. Because this is what you do when you have animals made of sugar.
I greeted a very wet but perfectly content Molly in the field. She followed me back to the Run-In where I toweled her dry the best I could. I have no idea why she ventured into the pasture in the rain when neither she nor any of the other goats have done that before. Perhaps she was sulking after a disagreement with her mom; Maybe she had a fight with her sister or was being teased by a cousin. Or maybe she was just sick and tired of being cooped up in the small shelter for days on end during this ridiculously wet season. I really don’t know.
Isn’t it amazing to think that our God never “doesn’t know”. Our God is ever-knowing, ever-present and ever-powerful. He knows every thought in our head, every desire of our heart, every reason for our tears and every cause for our celebrations. He is everything good and everything lovely. He is the beginning and the end of everything. He is AMAZING!
Some days I think it’s good just to be in AWE of Him. I am so thankful that our God knows, loves and values us the way that He does. I am so thankful that He never worries or wonders or guesses about what we need or what is best for us. He is worthy of our worship and praise. The “God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty and the awesome God” (Deut. 10:17) loves you and He loves me. That is almost too much to comprehend. So today, let’s just worship Him. Be in AWE of Him.
“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.” (Hebrews 12:28)
