Peace in the Storm

Last Tuesday night we were in the midst of a storm. Part of the weather system that wrecked so much havoc with the tornados, came through Louisville. I had gone to bed about an hour and a half before the tornado sirens went off. I had to get up on Wed. morning to go to work and my sleep was very precious to me at that point. When the sirens started their scream I nudged Joshua and woke him up. He turned over and we were going to go back to bed, thinking, it's Louisville, they overreact. We've lived in Oklahoma... Nothing happened to us, but after the fact, we thought about how we were being very self-confident and we should have gone downstairs to some of our neighbors to spend the night. But anyway....Joshua checked the weather and said he would stay up for a while and told me to go back to bed, since I had to work in the morning.


I tried and tried to sleep but I just kept thinking. I started thinking about how the sirens that were screeching were probably something like the sirens that went off during WWII when there were bomb raids. I thought how terrifying that must have been. And then I got to thinking about how scary the weather really can be. There is SO much power in storms. We have all seen pictures showing the damage caused by it. So I then started thinking about how powerful God is. He is the one that controls every storm and Jesus Christ calmed the storm with WORDS!!!! Mark 4:35-41 relates this story to us. The disciples ask, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" How many of us take the time to learn these lessons that God is teaching us in a storm? How amazing it would be to be able to teach your children to fear the Lord and trust in Him while you are huddled in a closet or in the bathroom under a mattress! It was so wonderful to think about the bigness of God in the midst of the storm last week. Humans can predict the weather, but what human can CONTROL the weather!? Can you worship God in the midst of a storm? Yes! Worship Him for his majesty. Worship Him for being such a huge God and thank Him for showing you how small you are. Worship Him for His providential use of His creation. For those who lose family and friends in such storms, worship Him for his kindness in not destroying all of humankind. Worship Him for keeping His word to never do anything like the Flood again. Worship Him for His mercy in keeping you alive and giving you more time to turn to Him.

How often do we say that we trust God when we are in the middle of a literal storm like that of last week? It seems natural in the initial moments of the siren warning us that a storm is approaching to seek safety. But is my trust and hope placed more in the buildings and structures that man has made? How often can we say that we trust that God will providentially preserve our life or he will providentially call His child home? He is good in keeping me safe in a storm like that of last week and He is good if He had chosen to end my life here on earth. When we trust in God's goodness and providence we can say that we have NO FEAR!! That is joy!






All the pictures are from Yahoo! pictures