Rain washing away the filth of the day…
(My drive home Picture by Lisa R.)

This is a bit of a rant, but there is a point too. I promise. I live in Florida, it rains here. A lot. If you live here you know we have a rainy season. Oddly though, rain comes as a surprise to about 90% of the Floridian population. ???? When it rains people go crazy,  like they have never in their lives seen this wet substance falling from the heavens. Not only do they go crazy, but they also drive crazy. Really, really crazy. As though if they don’t drive as fast as possible (on the extra wet, and extra slippery roads) their cars will melt.Today I left work at 4:30 and got home at 6:50. I normally go to Fort Lauderdale to get my brother. This usually result in a hour long expedition from leaving work, to getting my brother, to going home. This is the time frame on sunny no rain days. So two hours and twenty minutes, is very traumatizing. The thing is this shouldn’t happen. Rain is not a surprise in this state. So why aren’t we prepared? Why do we act and drive as though this is something new? Why don’t we expect it? This is a epidemic not just here when it rains, but in life. We (mankind) don’t prepare for what we know will happen. Old age, sickness, bad days, etc. Why? Because we have been trained to believe that we don’t have to. You know the saying, “Live in the now”, as though the future will never come. Therefore we create situations and problems leaving other people to pay the price. Today’s price and extra hour and twenty minutes to get home, because someone (or ones) could not slow down and pay attention while driving in the rain. Don’t live life like the unexpected won’t happen, when we know it will. Be prepared, take responsibility. Don’t let someone else pay the price for your actions.

“Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too” (Philippians 2:4).

So what am I thankful for today? Life lessons from the rain.