The Year Of The Cloud

On a recent Sunday,  I was caught up in the sounds that seemed to beat with the pulse of God and my spirit was stirred.  Melissa began to prophesy in song.  The words whirled within me, round and round, “Hallelujah, You make all things new and You will come like the rain.  So, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.”  At first, I could not explain the tears spilling onto my cheeks nor the strange mixture of gratefulness and anticipation tumbling inside my chest.  Then my understanding began to open with the next words she sang, “Go look again, go look again.  Is the sky clear over you?  Then go look again.  Is the sky clear over you, no sign of rain over you?  Go look again because it’s the year of the cloud.  It’s the year of the cloud the size of a man’s hand.” (1Kings 18:44)

(This is the second excerpt from Kathy Gabler’s article “Year Of The Cloud” taken from SEEC Magazine * Volume 18  Issue 1)