Storm

Life can feel like a storm; all the negatives, all the disappointment, all the worries and fears constantly being blown in our faces. We try to escape it, but it's not easy to outrun a moving storm. The crazy thing is that's just life. Ever notice how beautiful a storm can be? Like lighting, life's moments are brief, hard to capture on camera, yet the picture of that one moment is ingrained in your memory and it's beautiful. Rain, it washes away the worlds dust leaving a fresh perspective. Now, here's the part we often don't see the beauty in, wind. Wind blows messes into our yards, destroys homes and knocks down trees. The thing about wind is that it forces palm trees to grow deeper roots. In the midst of the storm, the worse the wind the more roots the palm tree grows. This is in order to ensure the stability of the tree through the coming storms. They equip themselves in their time of need to be prepared for the storms that they may face in the future. So yes, wind is messy, its not fun, it blows your hair in your face so you cannot see, and it has a tendency to destroy; but it serves a purpose. The wind is what we go through to grow our roots deeper in to God and those we love so that the next time a storm comes we will be prepared. While life may be a storm just keep in mind, we are like palm trees. We were made to grow strong roots in the storm. We were made to stay standing through it all; and while we may bend we will not break because we remain strong in our faith, in our love, in our lives. We continue to learn through every storm. We equip ourselves and each other in times of need and desperation. Never forget the beauty of a storm and the purpose of the wind. Life is messy, life is windy; but life, like lightning, has it's moments. Life, like rain, can give us a fresh perspective. And who knows, if we're lucky... maybe we'll see a rainbow.