  Oh I Love a Rainy Night! I love the sound of rain. There's something soothing about the sound of the earth being refreshed.
It's almost as if while the earth soaks up the life-giving water my own soul participates in the watering. The wind starts whistling in the windows and the rain then begins slowly pelting on the roof. I hear the “ting-ting-ting” as each raindrop hits the top of the chimney. The speed of the rain picks up until you can’t identify a single raindrop, but it’s a continual sheet of rain.
A car drives by and I hear the splash of the tires running through the puddles collected in the parking lot. What is it about rain that causes us to desire to slow down and want to curl up under a blanket with a book? Could it be that God created rain not just to refresh the earth and keep it green but also to refresh us from our hectic lives and give ourselves permission to slow down? 
