Mammy is a great believer
in fairy tales.
and I grew up
convinced
that if I could only find
the end of a rainbow
I’d be sure to find
a pot of gold there.
Over time I discovered
just how elusive rainbows are –
as I tried to move closer to them,
they all somehow seemed
to slip away from me.

Sometimes I feel
that my relationship with My God
is a bit like that –
I try my best to find Him
but sometimes
he just seems to slip away.

Today as I cycle to work
a bright rainbow stretches out before me,
reaching almost across
Belfast Lough.
But this is no ordinary rainbow!
it does not end in the distance
like all the others.
Its colours seem to travel
along the surface of the water
and to my amazement
I find that I can see
not only the end of the rainbow,
but BOTH ends of the rainbow
tantalizingly close to me
near the water’s edge.

Today’s rainbow feels very close to me,
and I have a sense that,
just like this rainbow,
My God is reaching out to me,
and is closer to me
than I ever believed possible.
All I have to do
is to keep trying,
to keep reaching out in prayer
and I’ll find Him.

© Claire Murray, 24th March 2015