The storms never end. But neither do the rainbows.

​I was sitting in Panera eating dinner last night. A ding on my phone lets me know I have a message. The message says:

"Heard something powerful just now - worth sharing. One person asked if the storms ever stop. And the response they got was no, but neither do the rainbows."

I sat there for a moment. Thought about how timely that message was. And how it wasn't so random at all, really.

I went home. Fixed myself a bowl of ice cream. Turned on the TV. I've been on and off watching a show on Netflix called Sweet Magnolias.

There was this scene. One woman in the scene had just lost someone close to her. She was sad. A friend lay down next to her. The two of them, just lying there. Quiet. Then, the sad friend asked the friend next to here:

"Do the storms ever stop coming?"

Her friend turned her head slightly to see her. And then she said, "no" -(a pause)- "but neither do the rainbows."

It was one of those experiences where your world stops for just a moment. A moment when you know you're in the middle of a coincidence so giant that it can't possibly be a coincidence.

A moment when I'm reminded that God doesn't mind repeating himself.

In that moment, in reflecting more on WHY that moment than WHAT actually happened in it, I concluded three things.

One - God was reminding me - yes, life is stormy, Keith. But a rainbow is coming. I've heard God saying that to me often the past year or so - something amazing is coming.

I now have a feeling it's going to be colorful.

Two - eight years ago today, a dear friend of mine lost her daughter. Her daughter was hit and killed while out running. In many ways, that moment changed the trajectory of my life. But more than that moment ever could, my friend has changed my life.

She has been a constant reminder that the storms don't stop coming. But more than any human I know - she is a reflection of the rainbows that are never far behind.

I'm thankful for that. I've depended on that.

And three - there is you. You reading this. It's quite possible you are in the middle of a storm. Maybe another in a series of storms. You are wondering, do these storms ever end? I can't take another one.

I feel you, friend. But be reminded, your rainbow is coming. Weathering the storms is hard - sometimes all we have to hold onto is the promise of that rainbow.

But please know - please believe - that is a promise that WILL NOT be broken. Your rainbow is coming.

Do the storms ever stop coming?

No.

But neither do the rainbows......