He gives by storm.

Ask rain from the LORD

in the season of the spring rain,

from the LORD who makes the storm clouds,

and he will give them showers of rain,

to everyone the vegetation in the field.

Zechariah 10:1

The Lord refreshes, renews, and rewards the earth in the rain storms of the spring time. From those waters new growth re-greens the world. In the tenderness of His provision that renews the world from a dry, frozen sleep, the mercies and grace of God’s control and care come to surprise us.

Like a bold little spring hyacinth daring to poke its purple bloom up in the rain, my soul drinks in the mercies of God’s renewal. This is a pattern that God has been bringing to the earth since the very beginning. The world is His garden to water. So is my life. My heart rejoices in the rhythm of His rain. My soul responds and bows down to the rhythm of His reign.

Lord,

Your storm clouds brought the powerful tempest and although it got dark and the wind’s fury threatened, You brought along with it the spring rain to revive my dry soul. And in the renewing work of the gospel my soul blooms again. You give by storm and shower! Thank You then for the storm! Amen