The Rainbow Is Near

Sadness is like walking through an empty field on a moonless night.  The steps follow one another like the hands of a quiet clock, measuring a time that goes on without you.

Suddenly, a beautiful city appears on the horizon, with bright lights and tall buildings reaching for the sky.  Vibrant music and cheerful sounds dissipate as they come closer to your ground.  You stop and observe the city from a distance.  It would be nice... but your path doesn't go there.  Your field stretches and stretches until it becomes the foot of a mountain, well known, already climbed before.

Still night.  Still dark all around.

And as you're following the path down the mountain, through forests and resting by the rushing rivers, you see the dawn approaching, and feel your heart growing inside, while the Lord is washing your tears with His.  

You walk in the rain, knowing the rainbow is near.