Just kind of sitting at the table this morning and listened
to the sound of the little storm that passed by. It got kind of dark and the
thunder rolled. Then came the rain. Though another storm seems imminent
according to the radar, right now its just quiet. Looking out the windows it
hit me. Not that I don't already know it because the Bible is clear, there will
be storms in our lives.
But what really hit me was how that after the storm passed
and the rain quit the land around my house, which is mostly sinkholes filled
with various trees and brush, is so much greener. There is a word verdant,
verdant is defined as a deep green of the plant world, and that describes my
yard. We don't have really nice grass but it's all much greener right now. The
world that surrounds me is verdant.
This is how God works. The storms of life aren't easy.
Sometimes they are downright scary. The rain gets us wet and that can be cold
and uncomfortable. But it is in these storms that God is making us fresh and
green. He is growing us to be deep and rich in that which really matters. He is
making us spiritually verdant.
As we go through the storms of life we must know that God
knows what He is doing. None of this is random and out of control.
It is part of our growth.
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