Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Garland, Judy Garland, was born in 1922 and died on this day 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. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. (Romans 8:26-30 ESV). 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!