The Real Power of Rain

I never feel more alive than during a thunderstorm. Maybe that's because I sit in safety and see unbridled power on display, sometimes acting out close enough to touch. Rain alone enables new life while sustaining the old, and only rain ends times of dryness and drought. And only rain nourishes today while quietly promising another day tomorrow for every life form on earth - and beyond.

Rain washes away dust while refilling the thirsty aquifers beneath our feet. It also creates sights, sounds and smells that nothing else replicates. Nothing comes close.

The magic of a fearful thunderstorm produces deepest awe, at the same time flashes visual perspectives of our puny weaknesses and strengths.

Are our deepest primal needs met, or challenged by a good gully washer? Rain wind, lightning and thunder reach the human soul more profoundly than prayer or organized worship. As eerie darkness produces the wind and rain that arrhythmically batters a small tent, or relentlessly drums on the metal roof of a lonely cabin in the woods, we easily sense a presence that equals - or surpasses - the greatest requiem or finest hymn. And at that moment, we intuitively and naturally commune with an eternal source that is far beyond us.

Jack C. Getz
8/21/16