Acts 27:13-26, Psalm 139
Storms, giants, lions, jerks- they come and go. Life can seem full of troubles. But like most storms, they spin around and around, dizzying us up and confusing our wits so we can't tell right, wrong, left, right, or diagonal. Storms also have a center. When two contrasting air fronts hit each other, they begin dancing in power, releasing water in torrents and smashing into each other with electrical fury. We feel this fury and the barrage of the floodwaters in life. We can try to run from it, hide from it, or just accept the wetness in the knowledge that such pains are temporary. The dance of the tempest is circular and rotates, forming an eye in the middle. Strangely, the eye tends to be more calm than outside the storm. All the air is sucked into the weather battle, leaving a vacuum of action in the middle. When storms hit us in life, we don't always experience the eye because the storm has a mind of its own and moves around. However, Paul and the psalmist remind us that God is always with us and nothing is outside his watchful eye. God resides at the center of every trial and suffering. He awaits anyone who manages to get caught inside, waiting to embrace and them them with warmth and calmness. But God is not an escape from the storm, just a respite, a refuge, and a refueling station. In each storm, God is ready to strengthen us and prepare us to face the pain and suffering all over again. With God for us, none can be against us. Not even the storm can dispel God from its midst.
Take courage! God is with us! His love will never let us go.
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