Conditions needed
for a rainbow, match real life:
some rain, some sunshine.

Colors glow, back-lit with black
and promise shines through sorrow.

© 2017 – Laurel Archer

Photo credits: Featured photo – Pixabay.com.  Insert: Laurel Archer – real living under the rainbow

Note: This Advent series is using The Jesse Tree, a liturgical ‘tool’ to help guide and direct spiritual reflection.  Each day leading up to Advent, we  consider one Bible story, or character, beginning from creation, following chronologically (more or less) right up until the birth of Jesus. It’s a way to review the wide sweep of God’s pursuit of humankind across history.