I think I know why it rained on our last day of kindergarten. I think it was because God was crying.

 

That is what a former student of mine said as she sat with me at a game.

 

“I don’t know why I just thought of that,” she said casually as she shrugged her shoulders,

and then went back to chatting about her day.

 

Like she hadn’t just said the most profound statement.

 

Such a short thought somehow brought up so many emotions in me. 

The ending of that particular school year was sad in multiple ways.

 

And looking back, the weather through those days did match the emotions.

 

Stormy, rainy, dreary. 

 

With the rain, came all the goodbyes.

All the “I’ll miss you’s.” 

 

From my students, yes, and also from other constants in my life.

Have you gone through a “goodbye” season of life?

Maybe you are going through it right now.

 

Where everything good and right and comfortable in your life seems to be leaving.

All at the same time.

 

Whether it’s a loved one gone,

a friend moving, 

leaving a home full of memories,

watching a season of life come to an end…

it’s all hard. It’s all painful.

 

It’s all too much sometimes.

It’s too much for you, and too much for me.

 

But… it’s not too much for God.

 

While this season may feel like the tears of God himself falling on you, don’t be mistaken. 

He is compassionate, yes.

But He is also unshakeable.

 

He is bigger than the goodbye.

He is stronger than the pain.

He is more powerful than the sorrow.

When it all feels like too much, trust it with Him.

It might not undo the losses.

It won’t keep the storms of life from creating chaos where there was once peace.

 

But it can be that steady hand when all else seems shaky and uncertain.

 

Hold onto it.

And don’t let go.

 

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” -Psalm 46:1