Bring the Rain For Someone Today, You

Royal Living - Bring The Rain

More from the search of Hezekiah's men.

Proverbs 25:14 A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it is like clouds and wind that bring no rain

New Living Translation

Getting The Message: You, everyday there are lessons from friends that escape our attention. How do we hear beyond the message at hand?

Frustrations: "Some folks just don't get it." Barbara used to say that to me a lot. It made me laugh. She is a precious sister and friend. When I would get frustrated over the lack of response from a coworker or someone in the community, she would look at me, smile, and say, "Some folks just don't get it."  She brings me rain.

Gettin' It: Budget time is always a real pain. Somebody loves budgets. Somebody thinks it is great fun. The process of reducing your plans and expectations for the next year or more into a spreadsheet of numbers is not my favorite task. Yet, it must be done. Serving large corporations means getting all the ducks lined up and communicated so cash flow works and profits are made and money is maximized. Every dollar among the millions needs right accounting and allocation. It is a complicated task of equipment leases, people costs, benefits, supplies, revenue projections, software licensing, and predicting the unknown.

Delivering an effective and flexible budget for millions of dollars that provides for plans and hedges against unseen events is an art, a skill, and a craft. Renee get's it. She delivers a beautiful package matched to plans that is easy to understand and has all the details included for review. Wow. How many years have I labored in budget meetings with cryptic charts and run on spreadsheets and noxious chatter that make sense to no one except the person, who built them? She delivers.  She brings the rain.

Mirrors: It is common to talk to ourselves in languages we understand. It is common to talk to others in languages we understand. It is uncommon to adapt to the language of the other person through listening and reflection. That is the work of multiculturalism. A techno networker can speak to an executive as long as she adapts and translates technobabble into business speak. A financial wizard can transition to managing people through engaging emotions through sensitivity and patience. A second generation suburbanite can adapt to friendly conversation with a third generation urbanite through dropping masks and looking beyond skin to heart and soul. We don't have to be clouds without rain speaking personal babble.  You can bring the rain.

Engaged: In the last week, life has led me into conversations with eight pastors and six different congregations. Faith, Nazarene, Pentecostal, Independent, and Baptist. White, Black, Latino, Multicultural. English y Espanol. In the same week, I've lost count of the legislators with whom I've conversed in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Montana. Simple conversations focused on the blessings of God. If you just have one subject, you can translate through actions, words, illustrations, stories, and silence. You can bring the rain.

Prayer:

God of Answers, God of Life and Joy, God of Peace and Strength, God of Engagement, You speak to all of us in all of our variety with the same voice of love and acceptance. You offer an open door and a sensitive response to our every need. You always deliver. You always bring the rain.

Bring rain for You today. Bring heavy rain that refreshes. Let us declare among the people, "Our God Reigns and Rains."

Enable us to be Rain Makers bringing the right word and right result in season and out of season. Help us to live Royal.

Phil Larson 405-388-8037 508 Tumbleweed Dr. Yukon, Ok 73099
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