(((*He is there with us in the storms*)))

He is with us in the storms....yes when the seas spout up with magnificent force, and we feal so frail against all of the torrents that come so swiftly to surround us, and we at times wonder if our Shepherd has abandoned us at the time we needed Him most. But He reassures us He is very near to us in time of distress. It is often then He makes His presence known. But when He still seems so far away, and we are losing our sight, He will bring someone alongside to comfort us and remind us of His unwavering, everlasting love. A friend of mine wrote something sweet that helped me to visualize how we need to trust in our storms of life. She herself has been literally through so much chronic daily pain that I think "Lord why her, such a sweet sausage she is?" But in her pain, she has kept her eyes on the Light of the world, and even reached out to others in their afflictions. She wrote this: He is with us in the storm, and that makes all the difference in the world. He is a fortress where we can hide and rest, and be comforted, while the storm rages outside. He is like a lighthouse on a rock - immovable. I have a lovely poster here at home. It is a photo of a lighthouse. A HUGE wave is crashing over the back of it reaching almost to the top of it. At the front, the door is open and a man stands there smiling as though looking out into his garden. He so trusts the strength of the lighthouse and has been through so many storms in it, that he is obivious to the enormous wave. He is smiling happily at the photographer who must be in a helicopter overhead. It's such a sweet picture of trust. It's not just that he is protected that struck my heart, it is that he trusts the protection if you know what I mean. The storms come but he is not moved, for the lighthouse does not move. I love it! Does this give you an imagry of the kind of trust God wants to instill in us? Does it touch your heart to think of someone going through so much who it gives her heart joy to reach out and encourage someone else though she goes through more than many twice her age ever have to deal with? It does me! She is one who has run into the arms of the Good Shepherd. She looks to her lighthouse steadfastly knowing He is her strength no matter what come what may. This kind of trust can only come from being held in His Arms, and by being taught of Him. I so long to be more like this myself, and to just look to the Lighthouse, Jesus Christ with a smile, even though the waves get higher and higher at times, but knowing He who began this good work is able to complete it till the day of Christ. If you know He is pursuing you, run into His arms. Don't wait one more milli-second! RUN!!!!!!!