Last year a few quotes caught my eye and I purchased them it to help me remember some important truths... "Life isn't about weathering the storm, but learning to dance in the rain." and "Sometimes God calms the storm... sometimes He let's the storm rage and calms his child."
Of course this past week has been super stormy here in our neck of the woods... those summer thunderstorms are some doozy's!! We have been literally drenched to the skin and just about flooded out - and then the beautiful rainbow appears and holds everyone in shivering awe!
I have reflected lately on the beauty of storms, both in life and in weather. I would be the first to say, that a storm of any kind is not my favorite thing - but therein lies some kind of mystical beauty, maybe it is the shear power of them and my inability to do anything about it? I would liken them to the storms in life - again, not my favorite thing, but there are those moments even in the middle of them that you sense the beauty of what God is trying to accomplish. Maybe that is the moment that he is literally calming his child in the midst of the raging storm?
This has been another crazy year and we are just finishing yet another move and starting over again, there have been many storms, some that have blown over quickly and some that continue to rage, yet through them all I truly have felt the presence of a loving Heavenly Father. I am so grateful to have a testimony of the truth that He lives and loves me.
I am kind of just rambling here... trying to put my thoughts on "paper"... but I can't not acknowledge that I am aware of a higher power, that of a my Heavenly Father leading and guiding us and trying to teach us how to dance in the rain!!
11 comments:
Storms. Good topic. I remember a conference talk several years ago where the speaker talked about storms and trials and that the ONLY way we could return to him was to weather the storms and he said that if we could see the whole plan we would be shouting "Bring on the Storms". I try to remember that when I am in the midst of them.
love this and really love the picture of your kids on the log!
What a beautiful post--something I needed to read today. Thank you so much.
Good luck with all that you are dealing with right now.
The picture of your children is so great.
What an awesome post Sher! I love those quotes. I may have to use those. I hope that things are settling down a little bit, I know it takes a while especially when you are opening a fabulous resturant on top of it all. That last picture is adorable. What a precious family you have.
Love ya!
I hope you'll be able to stay where you are for a long time and be settled for a while. Trading one storm - like moving - for another, whatever that may be. Tomorrow always comes no matter what, it's up to us how we live it.
I have the exact same quotes hanging on my wall :) Great article in this month's ENSIGN on Hope. Love the picture of the kiddos. Someday I may learn to post in complete sentences....;) love you.
Love it!! You are fabulous you will weather the storm well!!
I have wrestled with the need for storms in our lives more and more as I have aged. It hasn't been my storms so much that have taken a deep toll, as the storms my kids have faced. They are hard on a parent. Your words, your faith, and your evident love are beautiful, and you have strengthened me today. I have come to call storms in my life adventures. Some adventures are more intense than others. But the change of terms helps me. I'm glad we are related. Love you.
Thanks everyone!! You are the I can face the storms!!
Reason!!
How is the restaurant going????
Post a Comment