Titus 2 Men And Women

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

When I read this quote this morning I couldn’t help but to think of Gene Kelly in the old movie Singing in the Rain. I ‘saw’ in my mind the scene where he danced with great joy, by himself, in a downpour of rain. I don’t remember why he was happy but he didn’t wait under an awning for the rain to stop. He didn’t care about getting soaking wet or looking really peculiar…he just danced for joy!

How many times have I literally stood still by my kitchen door--or in a store--waiting for the rain to get less intense so I can get to my car without getting wet? And figuratively how many times have I stood still at my heart’s door waiting for the storm in my personal life to pass before I stepped out, wet with tears, to praise God, smile, encourage others…fulfill my place of service? Truly, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

What does God say about this matter? (I’m going to leave this in Bible-study form…just as I wrote it in my journal.)

Psalm 30:5 “….in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” I have the promise…promise of God that my weeping will end. I am told “in his favour is life:” and I know to be in God’s favor I must walk in obedience, abiding in Christ. My joy is found in my abiding in Christ—trusting Him and believing His Word. So, in effect, I choose when to dance; praise, thank, glorify the Lord: I choose when to dance by choosing to do right, think right, be right with God in the midst of every storm of life. God will, when I have set my heart and relationship right with Him, do the turning of my sadness into joy so that I can praise Him, “Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.” Psalm 30:11-12

Psa 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.” Psalm 150:4 

Ecc 3: 1 and 4 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:….A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;” There is a time to weep and grieve over loss and heartache as long as we do not grieve as the world does…without hope. I know from much personal experience that we can grieve and have sorrow and still praise, thank and do all God has asked us to do BECAUSE of Who He is, not because of what is happening in our lives. “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” I Thessalonians 4:13

This morning I am reminded of David and his great sorrow of heart. I am reminded of how he called out to God and remained serving, thanking and praising God, through it all. David said, “my flesh also shall rest in hope.” He did not sorrow as those who have no hope.

Psalm 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 
:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 
:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 
:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 
:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 
:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

I am also reminded of Psalm chapter 30.
Psalm 30:1 I will extol
thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 
:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 
:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 
:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 
:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 
:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 
:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 
:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 
:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 
:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 
:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 
:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. 

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
Are we dancing in the rain of our lives? Remember, we can only see a rainbow through the rain…and the rainbow will come.

--Sharon Merhalski

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