I Just Want to Praise the Lord

August 1st, 2007

Yesterday evening as I stood on our front porch, watching the rain pour down in torrents, I just wanted to praise the Lord. The older boy Samuel was bringing out all the water barrels to fill with rain water; Cindy was hugging her little brother Gary Jr.; Enoch Jr. was trying to float a paper boat in a stream of rushing rainwater; while Gary, Enoch Sr. and I were looking on.

On that day most of my bath towels had been washed by hand and securely attached to the line with clothes pins. By now the clothes were all swinging rapidly from the storm, thoroughly drenched with rain water. “Wow, God; You just gave the towels a second rinsing! Tomorrow I will hang them all back up again, praying for at least one hour of sunshine.”

Yep, you guessed right; Liberia is in the rainy season, so when it rains it pours! It is so awesome to watch God shower the land with His tears of joy; it makes me just want to praise the Lord!