Monday, March 23, 2009
Rainbow
"A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch.
More rarely, a secondary rainbow is seen, which is a second, fainter arc, outside the primary arc, with colours in the opposite order." - Wikipedia
It's amazing how something so scientifically boring can actually be so breathtaking. I saw a rainbow like that two evenings ago on my way home, and I think I'm a sucker for beautiful things of nature because I find it always brings me closer to God. It reminded me of its symbolism as the sign of the covenant that God made with Noah to never again flood the earth. In the dreary grey bleekness of the evening sky, 2 vivid rainbows stood out so clearly and strongly, and it reminded me of how God is the only shining light in this dark world, and which is getting darker by the minute. When there's a rainbow after a heavy downpour, one looks up into the sky, and is drawn to the colors of the rainbow than to the heavy grey clouds around it. I spent the entire time walking home just looking up at it, and I found that it brought much needed peace.
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(Read by Max McLean. Provided by The Listener's Audio Bible.)
"A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch.