We have experienced so much rain since we arrived in Riga, Latvia this past week! Ugh!

Today we awoke to wet grass, puddles everywhere and cloudy skies but no rain. The sun began to come out and it was actually pretty outside! Lots of big, puffy clouds in the sky, and looking out our big hotel windows, I was enjoying the sunlight!

Around 2:30 this afternoon, The Sweetheart yells out that there is a rainbow in the sky! A rainbow with no rain? We had not had any rain all day long!

Sure enough there was a perfect rainbow. We watched as it just got brighter and brighter, the colors were just magnificent. Our camera did not do it justice, unfortunately. We stood in awe as we even called out each color we could see!

Beautiful beyond description was this creation of our Lord!

Did you ever NEED a rainbow?

Did you ever need an answer to prayer or something from the Lord to remind you of His greatness?

I thought of that as I stood there, of how we long for “signs”, reminders that He is there, that He hasn’t forgotten us.

“And God said: ‘This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.'” Genesis 9:12,13.

We are human, that’s okay if you have asked God for signs or promises. I have too, we all have. We need Him.

But I also was reminded that God doesn’t need to prove Himself to me by performing something miraculous.

I love Him regardless, I will serve Him no matter what. I will walk with Him, depend on Him, follow Him whether He ever answers another prayer for me the rest of my life.

You say, “Those are big words, Nannette…hope you never have to live them out!” I hope not either, but He has already done more for any of us than we can ever repay. He gave His very life and has promised us eternal life…and He promises to be WITH us and IN us forever.

That IS all we need.

He left His Word and by doing that He left us Himself. It is alive, breathing, quick, powerful!

The Bible gives us all we need 

To live our lives for God each day,

But it won’t help if we don’t read

And practice what its pages say! ~Sper

As I am finishing this post, the sun is shining as bright as ever, and it is pouring rain! Now The Sweetheart says it is actually hailing! God is showing His miraculous, ha, but He doesn’t have to. He is still God with, or without, the thunder, the hail,and the lightning.

And He is God in the rainbow…He keeps His promises friend.

 

Would you remember to pray for the General Conference here in Riga, Latvia? Starting tomorrow evening we have ministry coming in from Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway and the United States. Saturday and Sunday are the conference services. We have rented a large conference center and are praying to fill it up! We appreciate your prayers for this capitol city to be filled with the presence of God and drawn to these services where a mighty outpouring of His spirit will take place. Pray for miracles, signs and wonders in Jesus’ name!

Blessings,

Nannette and The Sweetheart

 

If you have missed previous posts about Latvia you can catch up here and here!

 

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