The First Drop of Rain
eBook - ePub

The First Drop of Rain

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The First Drop of Rain

About this book

Have you ever felt plucked out and suddenly dropped by the hand of God into the wasteland? Have you felt desolate, dry, and fragile? No sign of God, no sound of water?

Here is the personal and passionate, "Me too!" that fans of Leslie Parrott have been waiting for. For "Seattlite" Parrott, rain isn't a date-canceling, mood-altering nuisance. Rather, that first drop of rain and the following drizzle or downpour is a persistent, positive, mystical fact of life that both confirms the presence of God and underscores his (seeming) absences.

Through original poetry, vividly-drawn vignettes, and honest reflection, Parrott mixes images of rain and "wasteland" to explore the daily juxtaposition of deluge and desert we all encounter. A conversation about grief and death takes place in lush gardens teeming with life. A prayer, delivered and answered at a dying friend's bedside, leads to bittersweet understanding. And personal confidences ("My flaws and fears are so real, they demand my full attention.") strike a chord in all of us who struggle earnestly, if sometimes defiantly, to see God's purpose in everything.

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Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780310313090

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. A Note to the Reader
  6. Part I
  7. Chapter 1: Seattle Rain
  8. Chapter 2: The Wasteland
  9. Chapter 3: Seeing Double
  10. Chapter 4: Broken Images
  11. Chapter 5: Relentless Sun
  12. Chapter 6: Unreal City
  13. Chapter 7: Beneath the Shadow
  14. Part II
  15. Chapter 8: Waiting for Rain
  16. Chapter 9: Vapor Rising
  17. Chapter 10: What the Wind is Doing
  18. Chapter 11: Low Clouds
  19. Chapter 12: Thinking of a Key
  20. Chapter 13: Surface Tension
  21. Chapter 14: Stony Places
  22. Chapter 15: Death by Water
  23. Chapter 16: Feet in the Sand
  24. Part III
  25. Chapter 17: Dew Drops
  26. Chapter 18: Sea Fog
  27. Chapter 19: Globes of Ice
  28. Chapter 20: Little Raindrops
  29. Chapter 21: Ice Dream
  30. Chapter 22: Thunderhead
  31. Chapter 23: Storm Chaser
  32. Chapter 24: Low Visibility
  33. Chapter 25: Scent of Rain
  34. Chapter 26: Expectancy
  35. Chapter 27: Timing is Everything
  36. Chapter 28: Sprinkled Grass
  37. Part IV
  38. Chapter 29: Moonbow
  39. Chapter 30: Magic Moment
  40. Chapter 31: The Emptiest Places
  41. Chapter 32: Air Currents
  42. Chapter 33: Brooks That Hold the Sky
  43. Chapter 34: Walking on Mars
  44. Chapter 35: Deep Waters
  45. Chapter 36: Living Fossils
  46. Postlude
  47. Acknowledgments