Raining In My Heart

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Yesterday we attended Abbie and Jacob’s wedding. It was a wonderful day. The church service went well, the rain held off for the photographs, a nearby hotel provided an excellent meal, the speeches were lovingly humorous, and the disco had many up and dancing.

I had many lovely conversations with friends, catching up with news, meeting babies, children who’ve grown since we last saw them… The DJ played Abba’s ‘Thank you for the music’, which seemed to capture the love, joy and hope of the day:

So I say thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
Who can live without it? I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance, what are we?
So I say thank you for the music, for giving it to me

Contained in conversations was some sadness… family members who had died and were absent from the wedding… one gent who faces the possibility of redundancy at work on Monday morning… people falling out with and leaving churches…

I remembered Friday, singing the old Buddy Holly song at our Singing for Wellbeing group:

The sun is out
The sky is blue
There’s not a cloud
To spoil the view
But it’s raining
Raining In My Heart

The Weather Man
Says “Clear today”
He doesn’t know
You’ve gone away
And it’s raining
Raining In My Heart

Oh misery – misery
What’s gonna become of me

I tell my blues
They mustn’t show
But soon these tears
Are bound to flow
Cause it’s raining
Raining In My Heart

Outwardly there’s blue sky and all is good, but inside it’s raining. Outside there’s love, happiness dancing and celebration for Abbie and Jacob. Internally, for some, there’s anxiety and grief.

I shall go to church this morning. We’ve been looking at the Psalms. I’ve particularly appreciated the Psalms of lament where the psalmist expresses their pain and suffering to their God. ‘By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.’ Sad tears alongside joyful memories.    

I pray that today I’ll be sensitive to folks who will be hiding their sadness behind a smile.

3 thoughts on “Raining In My Heart”

  1. Life is a mix of sunshine and clouds for all people. That is why it is best to spread some sunshine wherever we can. We cannot always take another person’s pain away, but we can be there for them and just listen. I think so often that people just want to be heard, to tell their story. Knowing that someone else cares enough to be ‘present’ for them, can be uplifting in its own way. It reaffirms that their story matters…that they matter. And of course, their stories do matter, especially to God who loves all of His children.

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