Given its location in Matthew chapter 5, the famous "Blessed are the..." chapter, I suspect the rain depicted in that verse is considered a blessing. Taken literally, it is a dose of moisture in a dry land to produce a harvest. Figuratively, the verse implies that earthly blessings fall on the obedient and the disobendient, the just and the unjust.
I don't know about you, but I view rain as dreary. As a popular Christian songwriter says, "into every life a little rain must fall..." He depicts rain as burden. Refreshing? More like depressing. Rain rain go away, come again some other day.
You see, there are good things to be done out there, many of which have been thwarted by our recent rainy (and hail-ridden) weather. The logical question is this: "What purpose would nasty weather serve, if only to postpone those good deeds?" The best answer is that the rain falls on the just and the unjust.
Personally, I am hoping that the FIRST half of Matthew 5:45 will soon prevail and the sun will again shine. Until then (thank you Blind Melon), 'all I can do is just pour some tea for two, and speak my point of view...'
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