Thunderstorm Thoughts

The God of peace will be with you. - Philippians 4:9


I laugh every time I hear the radio commercial that has a woman shouting to her friend in conversation. She's trying to talk above the sounds of the thunderstorm in her own head. Ever since a storm damaged part of her home, that's all she hears because her insurance company isn't taking care of her claims.

I've heard thunderstorms in my head, and maybe you have too. It happens when a tragedy occurs - to us, to someone close to us, or to someone we hear about in the news. Our minds become a tempest of "what if" questions. We focus on all the possible bad outcomes. Our fear, worry, and trust in God fluctuate as we wait, we pray, we grieve, and we wonder what the Lord will do.

It's natural for us to be fearful in a storm (literal or figurative). The disciples had Jesus right there in the boat with them, yet they were afraid (Matt. 8:23-27). He used the calming of the storm as a lesson to show them who He was - a powerful God who also cares of them.

We wish that Jesus would always calm the storms of our life as He calmed the storm for the disciples that say. But we can find moments of peace when we're anchored to the truth that He's in the boat with us and He cares. - Anne Cetas


Fierce drives the storm, but wind and waves
Within His hand are held,
And trusting His omnipotence
My fears are sweetly quelled. - Brown

To realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm.

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Matthew 8:23-27

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

Behold, a great tempest aorse in the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!" He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh you of little faith?"

Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm. The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

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