Earlier this month Cheryl and I took our travel trailer down to the Texas Gulf Coast to enjoy the beach and some time with friends. We had a great time together down there. Because it is over 600 miles from where we live to South Padre Island, we split the trip down into two days. At the end of the week, I put Cheryl on a plane in Harlingen so she could attend an LWML meeting in St. Louis. Because she would be gone for five days, I made arrangements to meet my brother and a friend of his in Port Aransas for a few more days of sun and surf and fishing.

I got up early Friday morning for the drive home. While Google Maps said it was seven hours and thirty-five minutes driving time to my home, I knew better. When dragging my camper, I usually try to keep the driving time per day at a maximum of five hours. It makes the trips more relaxing. But Cheryl’s flight to Dallas was landing early Saturday morning, so I knew I had a long day ahead of me. And I had a preaching engagement on Sunday!

About twenty minutes into my trip that morning, as I was driving over the causeway towards Corpus Christi, God gave me a special treat. I was able to snap a quick pic of one of His rainbows. It reminded me that God is a God who makes promises and keeps them.

Genesis 9:9–13 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Even though others have tried to commandeer the rainbow for unholy things, the rainbow was given to us by God as a token of His pledge to never again flood the entire earth. And as I stated above, it also reminds us that God keeps His promises.

I knew He was with me that day. I hit several slow-downs through construction zones and Dallas traffic, but after two fifteen minute stops for fuel and a quick break, I made it safely home in just over nine hours. Because of the promises He made to me, I knew I would be home at the end of the day. I would either be at my physical home or at home with my Lord.

Romans 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

I live with that confidence. I know Jesus has paid the penalty for my sin and given me forgiveness and eternal life that I do not deserve. The rainbow I saw early that morning was a good reminder of what a good God He is. I hope you have that some certainty in your life.