Our Own Perfect Rainbow

By Liz Allison

Just when I thought there could be no way to comfort my two precious children, Robbie and Krista, only hours after burying their father, Davey, God delivered a special gift just for us.

The morning was cloudy and overcast with light drizzles, on and off. The funeral was behind us now. The only thought that raced through my mind was how to console my fragile children after all they had been through over the past few days.

My home was filled with close family and friends as we all tried to take care of each other at such an emotional time.Robbie and Krista were priority for everyone in the house.

My father had taken the children to play in the backyard to give them a break from the chaos inside the house.

As each group of friends would leave, I would walk them to the front door to see them off. This particular time, we all walked out the front door to find the most amazing sight: The end of a rainbow was clearly in our front yard. We were astonished, to say the least.

Before I could catch my breath, my father and the children were calling from the backyard to come look at the beautiful rainbow in the backyard.

It couldn't be. I ran to the backyard to see that, indeed, the other end of the rainbow was in our backyard. I looked over the house to see the most perfect rainbow shooting its colors directly over our house - a complete, perfect rainbow right in front of our eyes.

There were no words to describe the warmth in my heart for what we were witnessing: a true gift from God. It was a sign to me that he was with us and that he was giving us his promise of the covenant between God and Earth.

As I tucked Robbie and Krista into their beds that night, Krista asked if her daddy sent that rainbow to her and Robbie. I couldn't help but think he had a little something to do with it.

We then thanked God for our own perfect rainbow.