thunder & lightning

1/25/12 Last night we had a major storm move through the Austin area. I was awake, or sleeping fitfully for 2 hours or more. Some of the lightning strikes seemed so close that they could have been in the back yard. The thunder was booming louder than African drums. The wind howled. This morning we looked in the rain guage, and it was full....5 inches. We haven't had that much in a long time. I walked down to Slaughter Creek, and it was a raging river, with debris floating down the middle.

My breath prayer for the day is from Psalm 111:10, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever." As Cathy and I prayed this morning she remarked that it is storms like this that help us remember that we are not in control. We "fear" the Lord, that is, we worship God, we humble ourselves before God, we reverence God. We remember that we are not God....that is the beginning of wisdom.

Love,
Lynn