The Rainbow
Well dear friends, this is a "Until
Christ returns" that differs a little from my usual one, but I just felt
the urge strongly in my heart to share with you my testimony concerning
a rainbow.
God's ways is not our ways, and His thoughts not ours, but He
is always in control.
A rainbow has a special meaning for me. Every timeI see one I
remember a certain time in our lives and God speaks again and again to
me through a rainbow.
The first time something strange happened was when I watered the garden.
Oh I was so happy where we lived, but God had other plans for us.
That morning I saw something wonderful. In the vapor of the water
the light of the sun reflected a perfect rainbow, and I heard His still
small voice in my heart saying " Remember My faithfulness will always
be with you". When Peet came home he broke the news that we
had to move for the owner of the house wants to build townhouses on the
premises. Oh I was so shocked, but the Lord wanted us
to have our own house. I always made comments about the smallholding
where we live now and said something like "Oh I am so glad
that we don't live here.". haha, but our Heavenly Father wanted
us to work and make this place presentable and to live here. Never
say never. Isn't that so true. So to make a long story short we live
now for many years in the house I lifted my nose so high for.....You haughty
Susan you!!. I am sure the Lord thought that of me. A while
later it started again
One day I was writing down a word of comfort for someone. I was
sitting in a room where the sun was shining in and suddenly I saw something
strange. The light caught my transparent pen in a perfect way.
It reflected a rainbow in my hand and on the paper on which I was writing.
Oh I was so glad, for I knew in my heart that this letter will be a blessing
to the person to which it will be sent too, for I remembered that He said
in my heart that He will always be faithful.
During the winter it doesn't rain where we live and one day suddenly
the Lord caused a "strange" thing to happen. My daughter called
me and said. "Mom, just come and have a look here. I went to
her room and only the Lord knows how it was possible, but a perfect rainbow
was filling her room. I knew that the Lord was saying again.
"My faithfulness and promises, I will keep My child"
One day we were throwing some new coals in our stove that tried its
best to keep the house warm. Suddenly I saw it again. ------- The
sun was shining perfectly on the "glass" which was in the door of the stove.
It caused a perfect rainbow that shined on my arm and on the floor. There
it was again. A perfect rainbow. -------
Remember, our Lord is not in the entertaining business. He does
everything with a cause. In my life things like this was one of the
ways He uses to prepare me for a time that something real bad happens and
I needed to know that He is still with us and will always be faithful.------
One day I was drinking hot chocolate and I held the cup with both hands
to keep my hands warm. When I swallowed a bit of chocolate drink,
I exhaled in the warm cup, and it caused vapor to warm my face. "Coincidentally"
I was standing in front of the mirror of our mantelpiece, and what did
I see?. A perfect round rainbow, with bright colors. I was
amazed for it became clear to me that the Lord really wanted to make it
clear to me that His faithfulness will always be with us. There were
many other incidents that I have forgotten now, but these that I mentioned
and others happened as in two weeks time. Not over a long period.-------Oh
dear me, then it happened. We got a real shock pertaining our lives.
Oh but what great assurance. "I will be faithful."
Our Lord was indeed faithful and carried us through a big trial.--------I
will never forget. We were on holiday in the about a thousand miles from
home, when we got the news that they broke in at our home on Christmas
Eve. On Christmasday we had to return, not knowing what we will find
at our house. As far as we drove there where heavy rainstorms, but
the Lord lead us safely through. The clouds were almost black and
I was so scared.
Suddenly everybody in the car said. "Just look there".
Between the clouds there it was. A rainbow so bright like I have
never seen. If I had painted it, people would say that it is not
realistic. But I saw the message of my Lord so clear and bright that
I knew that I knew, all will be OK at the end, and Oh praise His wonderful
Name. Can you believe that a robbery can work out for the best.
Well it did for us, for the insurance paid out in full, and we could buy
only the necessary things and also the most needed things that wasn't even
stolen but we didn't have the money to buy it. God had provided through
a robbery. Hallelujah!!!!!!
Isn't the Lord Jesus Christ just simply indescribably wonderful!!!!!.
-------Since then, so many many times, when we drive in the car or wherever
we are, when Peet and I was discussing a difficulty we face, the Lord made
us aware of a rainbow that "happens to be" in the clouds. Oh what
relief. He will be faithful, and that settled it.
Until this day He never failed us, never let us down or left us without
support. He always saw us through and dear reader, if you are a born
again child of God, you also can testify of His faithfulness. He
is so wonderfully wonderful.
I give Him praise and all the honor.
Love and peace be with you,
Susan.
Copyright (c) 2002. Susan Treptow
Used with permission
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