Storms

I think I've mentioned that there was some severe weather in this neck of the woods while I was on vacation. What I came back to, while no where near what some people have suffered, was basically a yard full of downed branches and leaves (and a few dead birds). I raked them all into rows and am still awaiting my bagging crew (aka my children) to come help me bag it all up for the trash. I also need to get up on my roof and sweep off all the leaves and branches from up there. We'll probably do that today. I'm so grateful nothing was damaged and that my mom's vehicle was in my garage while we were gone (every vehicle that was outside sustained hail damage).

Yesterday in church, I heard an excellent sermon on storms. The storms of life. I've had a lot of storms in my life, and some of the questions that were asked really had me thinking. As I'm working on healing from the storms of the past, I need to take responsibility for my own choices in the actual creation of some of those storms. Some of those storms, I could see coming on the horizon, and I walked into them knowing full well it wasn't what God would have me do. The sad fact is, I'm human and sometimes I'm a little rebellious. Sometimes I'm a little faithless. Sometimes I'm a little careless. I'm working on listening more, being more intentional about my decisions and actions, and treading more carefully. I'm still healing, and I realize that. I probably will be for a while. But I know that God will bring me through it, and that I will be better able to help others go through their storms.

Sometimes He Calms the Storm - Scott Krippayne


All who sail the sea of faith
Find out before too long
How quickly blue skies can grow dark
And gentle winds grow strong
Suddenly fear is like white water
Pounding on the soul
Still we sail on knowing
That our Lord is in control

Sometimes He calms the storm
With a whispered peace be still
He can settle any sea
But it doesn't mean He will
Sometimes He holds us close
And lets the wind and waves go wild
Sometimes He calms the storm
And other times He calms His child

He has a reason for each trial
That we pass through in life
And though we're shaken
We cannot be pulled apart from Christ
No matter how the driving rain beats down
On those who hold to faith
A heart of trust will always
Be a quiet peaceful place