We are well into hurricane season and the past few weeks I have had my share of the duck-and-dodge the storm dance. First there was Fay, who had a little bit of an attentional disorder and quite a bit of ambivalence. She certainly did not seem to know which way to go.
Then, there was Gustav and now someone seems to have left the barn door open on the Atlantic and they are coming faster than we can name them!
All of this would make me very nervous except for a special sunset.
Monday evening I was hiding again at my favorite spot at Siesta Key. The sun was setting and had an unusual quality ( I will upload a shot once I get the pictures onto the computer). I realized I was watching it set through Hurricane Gustav. That between the sun and me there was a serious storm going on, but yet I could still enjoy the sunset.
Wow.
Talk about a sermon in a sunset. How many times do I forget to look above the storm and past it instead of getting swallowed up in it? Of course, it is hard to see the sunset when the storm is closing in on you. I know there were hundreds of people on the Gulf Coast waiting for it to pass just to be able and determine the damage.
Yet, sometimes God calls us to have faith, look above and beyond to tomorrow and trust He is still in control.
Even when all we see is flying debris.
Prayers are with you my fellow Hurricane Warriors. My prayers are with you.
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