Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Garland, Judy Garland, was born in 1922 and died in 1969. She was one of America’s favorite singers and film actresses. She was originally named Frances Gumm. She sang in her father's theater from the age of four as one of The Gumm Sisters and later toured in vaudeville. Beginning her film career in 1935, she endeared herself to the public in the Andy Hardy film series and in the all time classic, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Her later films include Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Easter Parade (1948), A Star is Born (1954), and Judgment at Nuremburg (1960). In The Wizard of Oz she sings a very familiar song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” The words are as follows:

Somewhere over the Rainbow Somewhere over the Rainbow
Way up high Bluebirds fly
There's a land that I heard of Birds fly over the Rainbow
Once in a lullaby Why then oh why can't I?

Somewhere over the Rainbow If happy little bluebirds fly
Skies are blue Across the rainbow
And the dreams that you dare to dream Why oh why can't I
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds
Are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Don’t you sometimes feel like that? We all wish for that “somewhere” that we can go to and be free from all our trial and difficulty. There is such a place. It is not some mythical or magical place hidden over a rainbow. It is the very home God has been preparing for all of those whom He has loved and called to be His adopted children. It is what the Apostle Paul wrote of to the Roman Christians who were suffering some of histories most heinous persecutions.

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory. (Romans 8:26-30 NLV).

And, he writes to us today the same comforting promises. Today, no matter how it looks, believe that He will make all things work together for your good! Your rainbow is as close as your heart!