One morning as I was returning home after a tiring night shift, I could feel the cool gentle breeze
touch my face and I thought to myself what a lovely morning. After reaching home, I opened my
window to once again receive the fresh air. As I looked out, my full attention focused on a
gorgeous and colorful rainbow. I stood there for awhile, mesmerized by its beauty. No one can ignore
the radiance and the beauty it illuminated. All of a sudden a thick cloud appeared and slowly covered
the rainbow, but the rainbow still shone through the dark cloud.
I went to my room to have my morning devotion. The beauty of the rainbow still lingered on my mind.
Suddenly I heard the sound of rain pouring down. I ran to see the rainbow, it was still there. I went
back to finish my devotional reading. Next time when I went back to see, the rainbow was gone. The
rain had stopped and the sky was slowly clearing up into a bright beautiful day. The rainbow had
appeared and lingered for a short time, but it has made a deep impression in my life, it will always be
there.
Like a beautiful rainbow, my beloved niece Rinrin lived but for a short time. She has lived her short
life on this earth courageously. No one who has known her will deny how sweet her smile was. She lived
a happy and a normal life until she was diagnosed with a spine tumor which left her lower limbs
paralyzed and was bedridden. Through all these dark days of her battle with cancer, she shone bright till the day she lost the battle. On 24 January 2007 she went to rest peacefully, leaving all her loved ones behind with the most beautiful and promising hope … hope of meeting her again on the bright
resurrection morning.
For those of you who have lost your loved ones, let this be your hope too to meet them again when
Christ comes again for the second time - to take us home. Aren’t you anxious to meet them?
… hmm I am....
Rinrin will always be in our hearts. Thank God for the beautiful hope through the Rainbow.
