Rainbows

Rainbows
Thank you God for the pain
that, like rain,
when filtered through sunshine
paints a rainbowgiving life a touch of beauty,
while reminding me of your promise
that you would never again
destroy mankind through a flood.

And that I need to remember because sometimes
I feel overwhelmed
by floods which threaten
to engulf me and destroy me,
and leave me sore afraidwhen my cries for help
seem lost in the storm.

And then behind me
where I couldn't see
I turn and see a rainbowadding a touch of beauty to my life
and then I see even if
I don't understand
that as rainbows are painted by raindrops
so faith, hope, and love
are somehow all painted by pain.
– Dick Innes[b]