Do You Need an Umbrella Today?

Proverbs 28:3 (KJV) A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Rain is good.  Too much rain is destructive.  A very light rain is useless.  So much of life depends upon the quantity of product that is needed compared to what we receive.  Here the image is rain.

The weatherman loves to get us excited about rain.  My wife is constantly telling me not to go out driving because there are going to be flash floods that will wash me away.  As I drive across the road that goes east and west above our home, it has numerous dips through which at one time or another water channels.  The one that amuses me the most is the one that is called the Dry Comal Creek.  We have had some real gully washers since we’ve been in Texas.  We have a metal roof and the sound can be very dramatic as it pounds down.  We can watch the water running down the driveway and down the roads.  I have yet to see it come over any dips on that road.

On the other end we have forecasts of rain that keep getting moved back a day at a time until they disappear.  I don’t know if it’s a vain hope or just needing to hype up peoples’ enthusiasm so they keep watching, but the rain doesn’t come.

We don’t have any control over the rain, but we do have control over many areas of our life.  We can decide whether to eat too much or practice moderation.  We can decide to drink too much and need a designated driver, or we can practice moderation.  We can spend money on gifts using our credit cards and shake our head in despair when the bills come in, or we can practice moderation.

So?  I guess it should be obvious.  Practice, moderation, but you knew that.