Bubbly Shoes

Genesis 9: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.



 

I've never seen shoes bubble. Friday night however, I saw bubbly shoes.  My son was preparing to do the Honor Guard with his JROTC team at the football game.  The sky was cloudy with just that smidgeon of a rainbow off behind us and we hoped that the weather would hold until the flag was flying half mast as it should be on September 11 for the game. 

 

God had another plan and the rain began just as they called the commands to raise the flag.  Once to the top to bring it back to half the wind was fierce and it was truly a deluge.  Very quickly the kids were drenched in their uniforms from hat to spit shined shoes and the flag had to come completely down and the kids had to return to the school very wet. 

 

For nearly eight years, first my daughter and now my son have been a part of the JROTC program at the school and it has been a huge part of our lives.  One thing that has always impressed me about these kids is that they never lose their bearing in the face of difficult situations.  The bearing is how they hold their poise and straight faces during presentations and competitions.  Oh, I've seen tears and frustration before and after events but never during.  You would never know by their faces if they were frustrated, angry or upset or drenched.  Oh they hustled a little more than usual in the rain but during the process of hauling flags up and down you would have never known by their faces it was raining. 

 

It was a first for me to experience the complete drenching that we received and the first time to see bubbly shoes.  I can only assume that the laundry soap in the socks had not fully rinsed out and it was coming out between the seams of the shoes.  It was humorous.  The kids laughed and never lost their enthusiasm and during the process never lost their bearing.  Why?  because they train - a lot.  To maintain their stance and bearing whatever the situation. 

 

As believers if we spent so much time in the word that our bearing never changed in the face of storms what would that look like.  I believe it would look like deep joy bubbling out our faces and hearts.  Oh difficult situations or storms might not have laughter attached to them but our hearts would be at peace in the one that we spend time with.  God is our anchor in the storm.  The rock of our salvation. 

 

And after the storms and rain we may see a rainbow or a ...

 



 BEAUTIFUL SUNSET!!