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