The rainbow is one of the most beautiful things in nature. It
is made by a series and succession of falling drops, the series
stretching across the sky, and the successive drops catching
the reflection and refraction left by the drop below. Each drop
has but a minute ray among the millions, and has this but for
an instant as it comes into the right angle with the sun; but
all together and in succession spread wide the beautiful arch
of hope and promise. Each of us is among God’s creatures only
as a single drop in the broad shower, and only for a little
is our opportunity; but if we are in our place and in the
right angle toward God, we may help spread His glory far and
wide.--FRANKLIN NOBLE, “Sermons in Illustration.”
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