When It Rains, It Pours

One of the young men in our church, who is away at college, sent an elder this testimony. He gave us permission to share it with you.

"I've been going through a lot of things lately, some good and some bad regarding school, friends, and in almost every aspect of my life. I was talking to a friend last night, and he kept saying, 'You know what they say, when it rains, it pours.' I've heard this expression I don't know how many times in my life and never really took the time to realize what it really meant. It seems that always when you're hit with something, the devil is planning something soon to follow.

"When I laid in my bed this morning, I said to myself, you know what? 'When it rains, it pours.' Then I heard God say, 'However, as long as I reign, we can make it through the storm.' I rolled and looked at my phone. It was 2:13 A.M. And all I could say was, 'Really?'

I started thinking about the scriptures, Romans 8:28, 31-39, in the Message version. 'When it rains, it pours.' It took me 20 years, 359 days, and at 2:13 A.M. to realize that there was another side to this phrase. What I and I think others sometimes forget is that even though we are going through tough times and it doesn't look like we are going to make it through, if we hold steadfast to God that we can weather through any trial, any tribulation, any hard time, or any storm.

We focus on the eye of the storm, rather than remembering that we are the apple of the eye of the One Most High. We need to remember that the One that put the stars in line, the One who spoke and it was created, the One who knows how many hairs are on our heads, rejoices when just one of his children comes home. He is the same One who promises to always stick up for you. What hit me the most was what he said, 'we' can make it through this storm, not 'you' will. We. Together. That like the word says, 'If he is for us...' How could we ever lose? How could anyone or anything dare to stand in the ring with the Almighty. Because he loves us, nothing, I mean nothing, can stand between us and God's love.

No matter how much rain pours out, if we allow him, God will pour more into us than we can ever imagine."