I got caught driving home in a huge storm late at night all by myself recently.
Crazy winds and constant lightning. Sheets of rain pouring down.
I, of course, immediately started to pray.
“Please let this storm be short. Let it be over quickly.”
But the storm kept coming.
“Please keep the lightning away.”
The strikes seemed to come even closer.
“Please stop the roads from flooding.”
All the cars moved to the center lane as water pooled on the edges of the road.
“Should I just stop and pull over?”
Immediate doubts filled my mind. That wouldn’t be the right option for me right then.
I took a deep breath.
“Please be with me in the storm. Help me to make good decisions. Help the cars around me. Calm my heart and my mind.”
My mind was alert and racing as I drove the rest of the way home, but calm filled my heart.
The storm wasn’t going anywhere, but I was going to be okay. I would make it home.
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through fire, thou shalt not be burned”. (Isaiah 43:2)
The Lord doesn’t take away those disasters that are coming our way.
The floods still come.
The fire is still there!
But the Lord stays with us during the trial.
He makes the consequences sting just a little less.
He comforts us.
Isn’t that a great lesson to remember?
The Lord doesn’t always take away our hard times– He walks through them with us.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
