Comments on: Rain Sissy

By: Christene Julander

Christene Julander — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:34:53 +0000

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By: Melodee

Melodee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:01:49 +0000

We in the Pacific Northwest just try to ignore the rain. I rarely use an umbrella unless I’m going to be sitting in the rain (watching sports). I never wear my boots unless I’m going to the beach during winter/spring.

I just get tired of the endless gray days and misty rain. Then again, we have this glorious green, so that’s the price we pay.

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:33:20 +0000

Love the post and where you go with it, Sarah. So true, so true, metaphorically speaking! Glad to hear that you are welcoming the change-inducing rain. A good place for boots, by the way, is your Orchard Hardware or True Value hardware. Not fancy, but serviceable and cheap.

I have to affectionately push back a little though against the “O.C.-centricity” of your assumptions, though. You use the term “Californian” very loosely!

In other words, does the behavior of Southern Californians truly reflect the behavior of the rest of our great state? I know Aaron Spelling and Hollywood would like the world to believe it, but it ain’t necessarily so!

Northern Californians are of hardier stock, I assure you. Maybe not as tough as those sub-zero midwesterners, but not afraid of rain, for sure. Or fog. Or even snow, for my northernmost state-mates. LOL Otherwise we’d be living in fear all winter.

Clearly, “weather” is just a relative term. Whatever is different than expected could be called “weather”, regardless of where you’re from . . . weather must be good for us. Uncertainty is the prerequisite for faith, after all.

Hugs,
judy

By: aimee

aimee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:32:23 +0000

What a great post! I’ve just recently found my way to your blog and have to say that almost every day you’ve written something that just twisted my heart. Today was particularly good as we are praying through many decisions and just for the future.
I think your question: “Am I scared to trust God with my whole future because I’m scared of what He might ask me to do?” really cuts to the heart of many of the things I am struggling with. I know where the rain storm is and what is coming, but I’m still hiding out in my house by the fireside. Thanks for the encouragement.

By: Vanessa G

Vanessa G — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:18:06 +0000

Great post Sarah! I must say that I would really welcome the calm, storm-less life! ) There has been a lot of rain, it has been a perpetual downpour for a few years now and just when we think we might get a glimpse of the rainbow, the clouds roll in from a completely different direction. AHHH! I know that God is preparing us, working in us, changing us. When do we draw close to him and really listen–sadly for me it is in these times of the “storms”! So I can say I have been really pushed to seek Him, Know Him and Desire Him in my life above anything or anyone else. Thanks for such great, challenging posts!

By: beth

beth — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:33:12 +0000

wow…I think you need to get out more….get out of that rut….NOW !
you’re too young to be like this….weather is an amazing thing….we live for the weather channel here in wisconsin, since everyday is a new experience….want to come visit ?
OR
just check out my blog post today to see what you’re missing…and the one before that, too…but with your girls, since I know they will fall in love with my furry little friend

By: Kayla

Kayla — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:16:11 +0000

It cracks me up so much when you or other Californians tweet about weather. I don’t understand it at all. There’s nothing fearful about rain. It can’t hurt you. It’s not even very dangerous to drive in. We don’t have it ALL THE TIME but we’re not deterred by it either. Actually, I think we kind of like the moody weather. It keeps us on our toes.

And I kind of like change. I think it’s because I’m never that content and I always want something better. I always hope that change will bring something better

It’s kind of funny how a fear that feels so justified often makes sense to no one else, and how what we fear the most usually isn’t as bad as we anticipated.

By: Elizabeth Esther

Elizabeth Esther — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:01:52 +0000

When I visited my sister in Chicago I was like: dude, this weather will change your life. I have no idea what weather is. SoCal has been my only home. It’s always barbie dolls and sunshine out here.

By: abi

abi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:53:40 +0000

I have a vision of myself wearing classic green Wellies with a pack of Irish wolfhounds running around in a range rover on my English estate. My dream.

I tend not to like change.

But change I must; we just received the news that I’m pregnant with our first baby! In honor of the change to come, and nod to my UK calling, this is my response to the change coming in my life.

baby wellies:
http://www.jileon.com/sm_uploaded_files/product_images/164.1.jpg

By: Katie-Pensacola, FL

Katie-Pensacola, FL — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:23:14 +0000

Other than the “weather rain” ( we live in Pensacola, FL-hurricanes) you took the words right out of my mouth……
I am just like you described. If left to myself I would totally live in the cocoon of “comfortable”. I haven’t prayed in a long time for God to rock my world, pull me out of the comfort zone I love so, but I think I will start again today. I do pray on a continual basis that God would continue to make me unrecognizable to myself and others in a good way, continually changing me in to who He created me to be-but it’s not quite the same.
Good check this morning-thanks for the wake up.