A couple of days ago the heat index was 115! It was hot, but there was a slight chance for some afternoon showers. Then, out of nowhere, this thunderstorm cell began to build right on top of us. On the radar, it just appeared out of nowhere! Clouds started flying across the sky, rolling over each other. The temperature dropped, rain started pouring down in sheets, lightning was flashing and snapping everywhere...and then the winds came. Upwards of 70 m.p.h. gusts! Those straight winds flattened a field of late corn (in the bottoms) about a mile away from us (I mean not a stalk was sticking up for hundreds of feet). It was an amazing sight to see the aftermath of such a force as that.
"...His way is in the whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet." (Nahum 1:3) No one has ever seen God (John 1:18)...He has veiled His glory from our finite eyes, but we have evidence of His hand everywhere we turn. The wind that caused that corn field to be flattened was only a minuscule amount of God's power. Those clouds that flew across the sky were nothing but a spec of dust coming from His feet. Those thousands of volts of power that flowed through every bolt of lightning that cracked and snapped...all of those flashes combined were but an infinitesimal amount of God's power.
During that storm, Job's words rang true with me: “I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You..." (Job 42:5)
Joshua,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that you are a shining light. You have influenced my life beyond words and are an excellent guide post. I am always proud and amazed at how you see God in evrything, even in the wind.
Love you brother,
A
thank you A
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