Storms

Summer storms... Hot oppressive days that break with power and ferocity and aggression in the evenings. Lightning ripping through the sky, torrents of rain falling in a short period of time, rumbles of thunder. The smell of the steam rising off hot asphalt being cooled by the water. 

In our lives sometimes the same amount of energy builds up that requires a storm to bring release. I was walking through the neighborhood as a storm was rolling through and that hit me. I thank God for the times He allows those storms to happen and bring me back into equilibrium.

A few days later was a simple rainy day. Constant rain from morning until evening. Not intense but light.  It saturated the ground and  brought in cool days with it. I thank God for the times he brings these conditions as well.

I'm grateful he knows whether we need an intense storm to calm a situation. I'm grateful he knows when we need a slow driving range to soak and saturate our souls. I'm grateful for God he uses weather and nature that he created to point to himself.