The Rain Lamp

One morning I was half awake and half asleep when I saw an image of a rain lamp. (I have since then found out that is what this type of lamp is called). This type of lamp (usually hanging) has strings from top to bottom around its complete circumference. These strings look like thin strands of angel hair spaghetti. Each string has beads of oil silently coursing its way down its length while the lamp is lighted at the top and bottom giving the impression of a silent rainfall.
This lamp is like a fire----you know how you can sit and watch a fire in a fireplace and get lost in thought while losing all sense of time and cares. The vision of this rain lamp was so peaceful to watch--it seemed like the oil flowed down the lighted stringed paths without effort or strain----so fluid, so soft, so quiet and yet so in unison and accord because of the multitude of oil beads gently cascading down their multi-string-guided paths.
It wasn't so much the fact of the light, or the oil, or the strings that impressed me so much individually, or even collectively, in its artistic and aesthetic appeal---though they were on all accounts---but it was its overall affect of serenity, of peace, of movement without struggle or discord. It was restful to watch. It was like watching rest in motion and at the same time it was so simple in its presentation---just beads of oil falling down strings in a light fixture.

I beleive God wants that kind of peace and rest in all of our lives. I believe God wants the oil of the Holy Spirit to flow simply, freely, and unrestricted in our lives without discord, confusion, or disillusionent. 'There remains therefore a rest for the people of God."(Hebrews 4.9)
Finally, it should be noted that the oil in this particular type of lamp, the rain lamp, does not flow until the light is turned on. And why should it? You couldn't see the flow of oil anyway without the light and, after all, isn't that what a lamp is for---to give light?