Be a Rainbow

Dear Loving People,

Do you admire the rainbow? Have you wondered how it is formed? For those who are not familiar with secondary school physics, it takes sunlight, raindrops and seven simple steps to get a rainbow.

1.      Firstly light from the sun strikes a raindrop

2.    Some of the light is reflected away from the raindrop

3.    The rest of the light is refracted (penetrates) the raindrop

4.    The light splits into component colors within the rain drop

5.     The light is again reflected at the rear of the raindrop

6.    The light is refracted (exits) again as it leaves the raindrop

7.     The colors are further dispersed into what we see as a rainbow.

Beautiful! What do we learn from this process that can inform our person and quest to be better people? When we receive new ideas, new concepts such as Living Lectures be it from the media, other people, church, press etc., some of it is reflected away on the spot, some get refracted into our subconscious where it is reflected into many elements of our being that change us and make us better. The Good ideas within are again refracted as they gets back to our consciousness to produce who we are and as the world sees us.

The Bible confirms this in the book of Ezekiel 1:28 (NIV) “Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.” Thus, the rainbow should signify positive change in our lives.

 

Now, the reflection and refraction processes that happen within us determines whether we will end up as beautiful rainbows of success, good-nature, Godliness, achievers etc. or as failures, mediocre people or small-minded people. This is because, we either reflect all new ideas that came through what I often call mental rebellion or other negativist tendencies. This sounds familiar especially to Christians isn’t it? The parable of the sower and the seed in Mathew 13:1-23 remember?

The reflection and refraction of light within the raindrop depends on the angles at which the light touches each surface. In the same way, the reflection and refraction of new ideas within us are controlled by a combination of factors such as openness, readiness to learn and to tryout new ideas, focus, determination, persistence, obedience, self-discipline, culture etc.

Be a rainbow; use your daily life experiences to better yourself such that you emanate the different colors of the rainbow that will get the world and its people better than you met them.

 

Be a rainbow!