the storm has passed.....

I was napping this afternoon and woke up to a severe thunderstorm alert on TV. I went outside to roll up my car windows and looked up at the sky. While a bit cloudy, I was a bit skeptical about us having a thunderstorm. Well, I’ve been wrong before….in just a few minutes the clouds were heavy and the sky was black. Although only about 5PM, it looked like nearly night. And the rains came. It rained hard and even hailed for 20 minutes or so. Now we really don’t need any more rain for a while; we’ve had our share. And in my mind, we never need hail, but I digress…..

Within the hour the rain and hail had stopped, the sky had brightened and the sun came back out. I needed to work out so I headed outside for a walk/jog. As I walked along, there was still evidence of the hard rain, but there was also dry ground already. In some cases, there was little, if any, evidence that we had just come through a storm.

I was reminded that the sun always follows the storm. It may be a few minutes, a few hours, or a few days, but the sun shines again after the storm. Actually the sun continues to shine behind the clouds even during the storm – just hidden from our view. But the light of the sun comes back into our sight after the darkness. So it is with the “storms” of our lives. The day, the light, always follows the dark times of our lives. Sometimes very quickly, sometimes more prolonged. After the night comes the day. And just as the sun is still shining behind the clouds, so the SON never stops shining. He continues to light the way. Sometimes He is just harder for us humans to see.

While I like watching thunderstorms and the darkness followed by the light, I don’t do nearly as well with the dark times of my life. But God has promised that HE never leaves me or forsakes me and that “joy comes in the morning”. I hope that I will remember that as I go through the storms in my life.

I like the sun a lot. But I’m forever grateful for THE SON!

Be there.

KathyC