Hope in the Rain

So, it's raining... drip, drip, drip...I am tired.  So tired.  I can't sleep.  The last few months have been a whirlwind, a real whirlwind.  I have felt peace through this stormy season of my life, but I have still been battered and blown about and I think I have had enough.  I actually feel like that a lot, that if one more thing happens I might explode into a million pieces or dissolve into a big puddle, but then a funny thing happens...I feel more hope.  Listen, I have always been the moody, sulking type, so finding hope in a situation goes against my nature and is most definitely from God.  It's like I know He's here, but he is just out of reach until the moment I call on Him.... Duh!  Call on Him more... and I feel that in the midst of the storm whirling around me, that is what He is telling me; stay close, Draw near to me and I will draw near to you.  One of my favorite Contemporary Christian bands sings a song about "Just Asking" God.... and that it's not always about what you ask, but that He wants to hear your voice.  The God of the Universe... wants to be close to me... and I'm getting there, God... hang on... keeping throwing me that hope, I am calling out to YOU.