{"id":3019,"date":"2018-10-24T14:31:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:31:42","slug":"where-do-rainbows-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/24\/where-do-rainbows-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do Rainbows Hide?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Marla O\u2019Neill-Written on 11\/10\/2000<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Timmy sat on the floor in front of his mother looking up at her with a questioning look on his face. His mother looked at him and said, \u201cWhat is it Timmy?\u201d \u201cMommy, where does the rainbow hide? Timmy\u2019s mother looked at him and said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve never really thought about it before.\u201d She thought about giving him an explanation but didn\u2019t really know how to explain it to her six-year-old son. So she did what any smart mother would do. She said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go ask your father?\u201d<\/h6>\n
It was a warm Saturday afternoon and Timmy\u2019s dad was working in the back yard. He was bending over the lawn mower pulling the rope several times to get it started but it was not working. Timmy came running out of the house, slammed the back door and called to his dad. \u201cDaddy, Daddy!\u201d Timmy\u2019s dad looked up a little startled and a little frustrated about the mower. \u201cWhat is it Timmy?\u201d \u201cWhere do rainbows hide, and why are rain drops see-through, and what makes the stars twinkle?\u201d Timmy\u2019s dad looked at him with a puzzled look on his face, stood there for a few seconds, scratched his head and said, \u201cWell, let me think about this for a moment. Which question would you like answered first?\u201d<\/h6>\n
Looking at his dad with rosy red cheeks and bright blue eyes he knew his dad could solve these mysteries for him. He took a deep breath and said, \u201cWhere do rainbows hide? I see them sometimes and then they disappear, where do they go?\u201d<\/h6>\n
Timmy\u2019s dad looked at the lawn mower, then at Timmy. He walked over to a lawn chair and sat down. Climbing up on his dad\u2019s lap, Timmy waited patiently for his dad to explain.<\/h6>\n
\u201cLong, long ago in a far distant land lived a man whose name was Noah. In Noah\u2019s time rain had never fallen from the sky, the earth was watered by a mist that came up from the ground. People had never seen rain or a rainbow before.<\/h6>\n
God told Noah to build an ark, which is a very large boat, big enough to carry two of every kind of the animals and seven of other kinds. God said, \u201cNoah, I am going to send rain from heaven and cause a great flood to destroy the wicked and evil that is going on in the world.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Timmy\u2019s eyes got real wide as he listened to the story. He asked, \u201cBut daddy why would God do that?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cTimmy, God loved his creation, he loved humankind, mommies and daddies and the children. Just like you and I are sitting together and we are talking to each other, God wanted to do that with his children too. But they did not want to talk to God anymore, they wanted to do very bad things that hurt God and hurt each other. God tried to tell them not to do those things, that if they did he would have to correct them, but they would not listen. He tried for many years hoping they would change but they did not. They got worse and worse and so God had to clean up the world and he did that with a flood. Noah was the only one who would listen to God and God loved him with all his heart. So he told Noah to build the ark.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cThis makes me very sad daddy, but I\u2019m glad Noah and his family were safe. But daddy, what does this have to do with the rainbow hiding?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cYes, well I\u2019m getting to that.\u201d His dad said.<\/h6>\n
\u201cAfter forty days and forty nights of being on the ark, the rain stopped. So Noah sent out a raven to see if there was any dry land, but the raven came back. So he waited a few more days, then he sent out a dove, it came back with an olive branch. He finally sent out another dove and it didn\u2019t come back. So Noah knew the water was going down and it would be safe for them to come out of the ark.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cWhat happened, what happened?\u201d asked Timmy.<\/h6>\n
\u201cI\u2019m getting to that. So Noah opened the door of the ark and all the animals came walking and crawling and slithering out. The elephant\u2019s raised their huge trunks and let out a great ERRRRRRRR<\/em>. The lions stretched and opened their mouths wide and roared, ROARRRR<\/em>. Ducks waddled and quacked, turkeys gobbled, snakes slithered, and monkeys ran and jumped in the nearest trees they could find.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cOK, OK daddy, but what about the rainbow?\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cBe still and listen.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cThe sky with its hues of blue and gray was clear. Noah, his wife, their sons and their wives, walked out into the sunlight and there stretched from one horizon to the other was a vibrant colored bow. They stood in awe as they beheld the beautiful colors displayed. Forty days and forty nights was a very long time to be in a dark, damp boat. It took a few minutes for their eyes to adjust.\u201d<\/h6>\n
God spoke to Noah and said, \u201cThis is a sign to you and a promise that when I see my bow in the sky I will remember the tragedy of what happened to humankind and I will never destroy the world with water again.\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cSo you see Timmy, when you see the rainbow it is a reminder that God loves us very much, it only comes out after it rains.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Timmy said, \u201cOh, I understand now. God likes to play hide and seek. I\u2019m going over to Billy\u2019s house now, see ya later dad.\u201d Timmy jumped off his dad\u2019s lap and ran, skipping and jumping. He looked back at his dad and yelled, \u201cI love you daddy! Thanks for telling me that story!\u201d<\/h6>\n
Will looked up into the sky and said, \u201cThank you God for your promises, for loving us so much, and for my son. Amen!\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u00a911\/10\/2000<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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