Til the storm passes by
The past 24 hours have been pretty scary. Two severe thunderstorms hit our area between 5-9 PM last night. We got a lot of hail and our roads flooded temporarily. Many trees were knocked over and uprooted. Two telephone polls a few blocks away were snapped. During the second storm we lost power for 5 hours. My parents and others have also lost power and aren't expected to get it back until tomorrow. There are tornado warnings for points south of us and severe thunderstorm warnings for our area again tonight. As I hear thunder in the distance at this moment I am thinking about (and was listening to) "Til the Storm Passes By by Hovie Lister. It talks of being in the midst of the storms of life and the Lord keeping us safe through it all. I've had my share of storms in life. Things have been scary and seemed impossible to get through in one piece at times, but God always have got me through each...