Is it a storm, or just a new song…

There always a calm before…

There’s a unique earthy aroma of all the elements of nature swirling together,

a stillness that is felt, but with an oh-so-gentle, breeze.

the realiazation of the sudden drop in temperature,

-birds singing a differing, still soft, but warning song.

And then the drops begin to descend.

How soon, we wonder, will we need to take complete cover.

The Brightness recedes,

The sky turns tye-died gray and white and eventually it’s as though the dimmer has been activated.

There’s no more sound, where have all the birds gone?

And then there’s a rumble in the distant, so faint, you wonder if you imagined it. you might ask someone, if they were near.

(Maybe it’s the the musicians just tuning up.)

And suddenly the rain begins, and there’s no denying it, is in fact, a storm.

It’s completely dark now, and because you’ve taken cover you can hear the rain pounding the pavement, the leaves, the metal surfaces, even more loudly.

You pull the covers over your head a little tighter.

A flash of light, and then you know what is next, you brace yourself because you know what’s next…

A loud crack invades your being and you’re terrified!

Suddenly, you realize…

you’re safe!

you’re protected!

It’s just The Musician playing his symphony!

Every one of your fears subside because you know the power exuded in this storm is the Power He has given to you.

-because YOU ARE HIS BELOVED!

And then,

you smile,

you exhale,

You finally and completely let go,

and you no longer find fear, but absolute Peace in the storm.

And then…you are reminded again when you wake up the next day to the most glorious new Sunrise! “His mercies are new every morning!” -“Be still..”

-always unfinished.