Singing in the Rain

In 1952, Gene Kelly starred in the block-buster romantic comedy, "Singing in the Rain."  The scene that captured the heart of the movie was Gene Kelly's famous dance routine in the rain.  The notion advanced was that of finding joy in an otherwise damping situation.

There is a very similar passage in the Bible, which reads, "Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?" (Job 35:10).  The biblical author advances the truth that God gives us reasons for singing even in our dark moments.

Jesus warn us that "the eye is the lamp of the body.  If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.  But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be filled with darkness" (Mattt 6:22-23).  Jesus reveals to us that we control the impact our environment or circumstances have on us by how we choose to focus.  We can focus on the problems or the solutions, what we are lacking or what we possess, the positive or the negative.

What we choose does not change the circumstance, it does not stop the rain.  But it does change our attitude, it does change our circumspect, which can change how we feel.  Whether we are dark and depressed or light and hopeful depends on how we choose to look  at things, upon what we choose to focus.

We can allow ourselves to be mired down with the questions of life: "Why me?  How could this happen?"  Or, we could focus on the Answer to  all life's questions and circumstances, we can "set y[our] sights on things above, not on earthly things" (Col 3:2).  We should "sing and make music from y[our] heart[s] to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Fatherr for everything..." (Eph 5:20).  We could  be "singing in the rain."  Jus' Sayn.