Hope and Tender Mercy

Today is a window of sunshine and blue sky couched between storms. The other day a 2nd grade boy came to tell me with excitement how he had seen a rainbow this past Monday. Rainbows arched in the sky are beautiful, reminding us perhaps of the pot of gold at the end of them. Noah saw a rainbow in the sky after he and his family survived a devastating flood that covered the earth. God, the master artist, paints the sky with rainbows to remind us of His mercy and that God is our hope. In these difficult times God invites us to turn to Him and to place our trust and hope in Him for He will never abandon us, but is always with us. As rain gives way to blue sky and sunshine arched with rainbows so suffering and death give way to glory and new life sealed in the blood of Jesus Christ. How have you experienced the rainbows of God's tender mercy and hope in your life today? The signs are there if we only stop to look and see. Please share how you have found God in the midst of adversity, by so doing you are inspiring others to be hopeful.

Fr Dennis