Praise Him In The Storm

We had a drenching downpour yesterday at work.  It didn't last long, but it came down as if God just turned the hose on full blast!  It kind of reminds me of the way life feels sometimes...like everything is pouring down full blast, one never gets out from under the pressure.  To us it feels like a never ending rain storm, but to the Lord it's a very short shower that waters His seeds in our lives.  I love how the Lord takes something as simple as a quick storm to show His presence and illustrate His ways.

Sometimes I feel like all life is about is weathering the storm, protecting myself from the storm, finding a way out of the storm....One problem after another, one battle ends another begins.   But then I sit here, in my prayer room and find respite.  I find the presence of Jesus and know I am safe, no matter what storms rain down upon me.  There is a song  by Laura Story called "Blessings" it has a line in it that says:  "what if your blessings come through raindrops"  And it's so hard to look at the hardships and the downpours in life through the eyes of faith.  Especially when they seem to go on and on.  But that is what we are called to do.

After this shower at work, I walked out to my car for break and God had painted the most spectacular cloud formation in the sky (Mom loved these clouds of the Lord!).  After the storms, His light comes through.  But we have to look up to see it.  I feel like I get focused on the mess the storm leaves behind and scramble to fix it, but that is not what God desires.  Always, looking up is where the answers to our storms are found.  I wish you could see the beautiful beams of light reaching down, but this was taken with my phone, so they may not be as clear as I would like.

Lord, help us to hold on through the storms, to see You at work even when it hurts so badly, and the hurt is unrelenting.  Let us have the faith to know that You are working on our behalf, for our good and continue to remember how very, very much You love us.

Hebrews 11:1  What is faith?  It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going t happen.  It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.