It was a beautiful, crisp morning in North Georgia! Frost was covering the grass and trees outside for the 1st time this year. The weather was beginning to take a drastic change in Georgia. The season felt like it had changed from Fall to Winter in a 24 hour period! The sky was a beautiful bright blue and the clouds were fluffy and full! The sun was shining in all of it's glory on this beautiful day.
On this glorious day I had to run the normal errands to the grocery store, bank and to the Christian Book Store. Josiah was in his car seat acting out Toy Story 3 and singing along to "You got a friend in Me!" When all of a sudden, out of nowhere this beautiful day changed for a moment.
Something that resembled rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow began to come down very quickly! Josiah even commented, "What happening Mommy?" What was so strange was the sun was still shining, the sky it's beautiful blue and the clouds fluffy as ever. But the storm was raging on my windshield as I drove down the road to complete my list of to-do's for the day. In less than two minutes the storm had left and everything had returned to it's brilliant beauty.
We completed all of our errands and started the trek home to take a nap, when all of a sudden as I approached Sawnee Mountain it began to storm so bad that I had to pull over to the side of the road. The same storm that hit my windshield earlier in the day came down in sheets in front of me. At that time I looked at the other cars coming towards me and they strangely looked dry! Was I the only one experiencing this odd storm? During the storm the sky was bright and glowing. In less than two minutes the sky was clear and we were on our way. In a few moments we were home and ready to take our afternoon nap.
Josiah settled in for his nap and the Holy Spirit began to speak to me about what had happened on our routine day out running errands. He said "Tami, in the midst of your storm is the SON still shining?" You see the storm was raging on that brisk afternoon but the sun was still shining on! He wants us to remember that in the midst of our storm He is still shining for us. He wants us to remember to keep His SON shining in our storms of life. The storms of life rage, come quickly and they come when we least expect it. We can soon be overwhelmed with the storm in front of us and forget to look to the Son. He will hold us when we shiver in the storm. He will make sure that we make it home after the storm. His SON will keep shining through the storm. Are we willing to give Him the glory during our storm? Do we take the time when the storm is raging to look to the one who can turn our mourning into dancing?
This week you may have a storm that is stirring, you may have a storm that is pounding you so hard that you want to take cover or you may be on the virge of the storm lifting...I urge you to look to the SON! Let Him shine in YOU! Be BLESSED and Bless OTHERS!
