April and May felt torturous at times.  When friends spoke of the humidity climbing in the summer and the temps feeling even hotter, I shuddered.  But almost as a reminder to not worry about tomorrow, the weather during parts of June and July has felt surprisingly refreshing.  I’m not sure whether it’s partly our bodies readjusting to the climate here, but the occasional rain every 4-5 days, brings a nice breeze and lower temperatures for a short time after the storm.  It has also given us the occasional opportunity to remember God’s covenant with us in the sign of the “bow”:

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9 “Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.  11 “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”  12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; 13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.  14 “It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.  16 “When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”  17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” (Genesis 9:8-17)