There Are Storms All Around Us

Last night sleep eluded me. As hard as I tried it just didn't happen. Part of it was a gazillion thoughts rolling through my head and the other part was a big storm that was brewing outside my bedroom window. The lightning lit up my room, the thunder shook everything around me and the rain was just plain fun to listen to as it poured for hours. :) I was missing having my weather bug husband there to make his funny remarks and then hop out of bed and watch it from the window.

I was lying in bed thinking about this song posted below. The words popped into my head because it makes reference to storms. The song was referring to the storms of life. I was thinking of this particular song because it was a good picture of what was going on around me last night. A whopper of a storm can shake you up sometimes. The storm outside me last night made me think "woa" a couple of times when the thunder was blasting and the sky was lighting up. It can be that way with the storms of life. They can blast their way into your cozy little world and shake you from the inside out. In an instant your whole life could change and suddenly you find yourself grasping for a word to settle your soul.

That is what made me think of this song last night. In this song the phrase "though this life is hard, know that I will always give you perfect peace". In the midst of the storms of life we must keep on eyes on the Lord. In Him is the only source of comfort and peace. People are a great source of encouragement but at the end of the day they go to their home and you to yours. They can't be with you with each step you take. But when you are lying in bed alone, in the middle the night, and the storms are blasting out your bedroom window or perhaps in the deep recesses of your soul; God will give you perfect peace.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3