how big my GOD is...that's what you tell the storms of your life when your unsure how your going to get through it. There is a song out now that has a line in it that says "batten down the hatches" and it never fails when we're in the midst of a "major" storm in our life we prepare, we store up, we batten down the hatches and wait it out....or do we walk through it? Currently we are experiencing a pretty nice winter storm. Who would ever pair nice and storm in the same sentence...ME!
When my brothers and I where younger our Papa Johnson would take us out on the front porch during a thunderstorm and he'd hold us tight and we'd count the BOOMS and lighting strikes. He would tell us stories and we'd talk about God and his amazing works. Thunderstorms scare me, I'll be honest...it's more the lighting that frightens me and so I never really would want to go sit on the porch...but this was something my Papa did with my mom, aunt and uncle when they where growing up...it's now something that my mom does with my daughter. But looking back on those moments and now as an adult facing my "own thunderstorms", I find comfort in those moments. Just like the picture, having someone wrap their arms around you to let you know everything will be "OK" or that you will get through this has such a healing effect...it makes it feel like the "storms" of life can just roll through and I'll watch them from the comfort of my porch.
I believe right now in my own life I am in the calm of the storm, or as the storm experts would say, the eye of the storm....the calmest part. I'm finding out daily that I'm watching a storm around me but I'm standing still in silence....it's a difficult feeling to describe but I am trying to be still and know...to understand what I am learning, how this storm will progress, gain strength or die off....it's pretty unknown, but what I do know is that my GOD, thee GOD is bigger then any storm I'd ever face.
The other odd ball thing about storms is that when I know they are about to hit, I don't eat...never understood that about me....must go back to the nervousness I have....that's for another story at another time.....enjoy the storms!
Weight loss: 0
Total Weight loss: -128 pounds
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