Was gathering qoutes tonight from a book series read recently, the "Annie's People" trilogy by Beverly Lewis. Loved so much how this one below spoke to what happened with the rain earlier...

Esther had been reading a Bible story to the older children near the wood stove while nursing Essie Ann. All the while Zach kept glancing at the ceiling, his eyes bright with the awareness of the ticking sound of sleet on the roof. Soon Laura and John were looking up, as well.

"'Does the Lord God make the snow and sleet? ", Zach asked when she finished the story.

"Our heavenly Father knows just what we need---rain, sleet, snow--and we can trust him for everything. Even for the weather." She had been cautiously yet consistently sharing with the children...she was beginning to see a tendrness of spirit in them, too...

(Image via Under the Gables, an illustration by Marguerite de Angeli from Henner's Lydia)