Lately, God has been talking to me about storms - both literal and figurative. Our Indiana weather has been kinda weird lately. We have had an unusual amount of storms. Many of them fairly fast and followed by the most glorious rainbows I have ever seen. Usually we are lucky to see a couple of rainbows a year and even those are faint. These have been vivid double rainbows along with a light golden rainfall at sunset. Magical!
I've talked to several people who have commented on our strange weather. I wouldn't really give it much thought except that I have had several dreams relating to storms. Now, I am a person that rarely remembers her dreams. When I do, it is usually unusual random bits and fleeting images that drop from my conscious mind by the time I am fully awake. Recently, I have had these vivid dreams with actually story-lines that I remembered clearly after I woke up. I know it may sound strange, but I feel like God was speaking to me through these dreams about trusting Him through storms. I get the feeling that it is not just just through stormy weather, but also through the storms of life. In ways, this kind of worries me because I don't want to face storms in my life. Who does, right? But no matter what happens, I do trust that God is watching over us and will not give us more than we can handle.
Last week in the bible study I am part of, we were studying the Psalms. They are beautiful. Our leader passed out pieces of paper and asked each of us to take about 10 minutes and write our own personal psalm. At first, my mind was a blank, but as I thought about it, I knew I had to write about trusting God through the storms of life.
This is what I wrote:
"When life is joyful,
I will trust you, Lord.
When life is difficult,
I will trust you, Lord.
When storms approach,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the winds howl,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the ground shakes,
I will trust you, Lord.
When everything crumbles around me,
I will trust you, Lord.
When there is nothing but darkness and despair,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the storm clouds pass,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the sun breaks though,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the blue sky reappears,
I will trust you, Lord.
When the rainbow fill my vision,
I will trust you, Lord.
I will trust you, Lord,
in all things."
Being a scrapbooker, I felt like I needed to create and page for this. I know, its a weird obsession. If you are interested, credits for the page can be found here.
