Beauty After Rain

Dark storm clouds gathered in yesterday afternoon.  How I love rain!  I have missed it so badly during this dry season.  I thought (hoped) the rainy season was starting a couple of months ago, but we ended up having many more days without rain.  The ants have been driving me insane!

Moving this piece of whatever it is across the floor at a surprisingly fast pace.

I think they just keep multiplying; they are uncontrollable in my kitchen.  I have been praying my heart out for rain!

When I saw those dark thunderclouds roll in yesterday, I set my verandah plants out in driveway so that they would get water and also so that all of the dust would be washed off of the leaves.

And then it RAINED!  It started yesterday afternoon, and it rained hard through the night.  I love falling asleep to the sound of raindrops hitting the roof.

This morning I went out to check on my plants fearing that perhaps the heavy rain had damaged some of them.  They were not damaged at all.  Instead they were beautiful with heavy droplets of water still clinging to them.  

In fact, the whole yard glistened with breathtaking beauty.  Pictures cannot do it justice!

A desire filled my heart to be as beautiful to my Lord after storms in life come through.

And now for the grandparents who eagerly check this blog every day, not to see my plants and flowers and ants. . . but to see certain precious little people!

Don't they look alike??? 

Brina got in on the Nerf gun fight too!  You should hear Seth's giggles as he chases BJ around and as he vainly tries to run faster than his daddy to get away!