Linnea was going to teach on Revelation, the six seals, on Saturday night. Saturday morning we had a great time of prayer and teaching, and after that Linnea was hit with a headache like I have never seen her have. She didn´t want to open her eyes, she was crying. I got her some ibuprofen, got some caffeine in her, had her drink a ton of water. If that trinity doesn´t take care of a headache, then I guess it is time to pray.
When all else fails, pray. So we did. Then she tried to take a nap, but she just couldn´t. We prayed some more, and I told her to lay with her eyes closed and thank God for his blessings. Mostly this was so I could take a nap, but I know that works for me. When I am feeling down or stressed, if I lay down and start to think of everything I am thankful for, and really try to visualize eternity in heaven, I wake up feeling very refreshed.
I woke up an hour later, and had this inner compulsion to take a walk. So I hiked up a hill that looms over Utupampa, about 1000 feet up. When I crested this hill, with the sun baking on the back of my head and neck, I saw rain falling in the distance.
And a rainbow. Make that three. One stretched from the valley to the mountain, easily 10000 feet tall, and I have no idea how long. I was standing at over 12000 feet, and the valley I am guessing is at 10000 feet. This rainbow went almost to the top of the mountains, that are 20000 feet. Then a faint one mirrored it. And a third up in the clouds.
These are the kinds of moments that bring me to my knees, as I think that God, when he created the earth planned this experience for me. Others may have also enjoyed it, but where I was in that space and time, was planned for me. For God to remind me how much he loves me.
I was thrilled, and as the rain started, I picked a bunch of flowers for Linnea and headed back down the hill.
