brainstorm

As I peacefully awake to a calm day, my mind is quiet before the storm that is on the horizon. The winds of sound with life and activity begin to reverberate in the echo chambers of my ears. Then the swirling thoughts of “what do I need to get done today?” “I forgot about that!” “What will I wear?” “I wonder how he is?” “What can I do to help?” and a trillion gusts of questions begin to blow across my mind. Soon, the storm in my head feels as if the atmospheric pressures will explode into a downpour of tears releasing the activity in my brain. The world is chaotic these days with war, refugees fleeing, guns firing, people dying and crying. And my mind is full of a flurry of why’s, what will happen and what if’s. The storm rages on.

I need shelter. I need peace. I need to quiet my mind. I need to stop the confusion raging in full fury ready to destroy and damage. Have you ever felt that you were there looking for a way out of the winds? I have and so, I dive deeply into the Word of God - into His scriptures - into the shelter of the Most High. I find the calm in the midst of the storm. I am safe, loved, protected, comforted and reminded that there is peace. Psalm 46 reminds me of that. My soul can rest safely in the storm because neither death, darkness or demons can hurt me. Verses 1-3 tell us that:

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

God is with us, for us and is there to help us. HIs wisdom, justice, truth, holiness, power and love is for us. So, even in the chaotic world, we are never to fear because He is the one we can go to find shelter in our storms. That’s reassuring. Listen to Psalm 46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2emelR7lGmw