Soul Magic
THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINBOW
by Jeanette M.
Pintar
I’ve always loved rainbows. They seem so magical, so mystical, the stuff stories fairytales and old Petula Clark and Fred Astaire movies are made of!
I believe the rainbow is God’s promise to never destroy the
Earth again. My faith in this was
renewed on the first day of 2000 when God gave us a beautiful rainbow over
I also love the idea of finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Or even finding the end – or beginning of a rainbow!
I’ve seen some pretty amazing rainbows in my life… Double and triple rainbows which stood one on top of another, rainbows that arched end to end with each other, “pilot’s halo” rainbows which reflect off of jets as a full circle on top of the clouds, and other amazing rainbow spectacles.
And last week, for the very first time, I saw the beginning of a rainbow!
I was doing yoga in my living room when I heard the rain begin to pound down on the pavement and windows. Looking up in surprise, I noticed the sun shining through the darkest of clouds. “I wonder…” I said aloud with curiosity, hope and anticipation rising in my heart as I raced toward the window. We’ve been in our new home almost two years now and I’ve yet to see a rainbow here.
Looking out the window to the Northwest, a flash of color caught my eye and I literally saw the beginning of a rainbow form on the hillside about a football field’s distance away!
It was so brilliant, so large, so close! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was so excited I wanted to share it. I grabbed my camera but as I tried to snap the photo, the batteries went dead! Drat! I got new batteries and ran to the closest window, but alas, the rainbow was now too faint for the lens to pick up. But not too faint to paint a photographic memory in my mind’s eye that was worth a pot of gold in the joy it brought.
It reminded me to look for the beginning of the rainbow! You just might find it!
— © Jeanette M. Pintar
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