Our weather is looking ugly and getting uglier by the moment if the weathermen are correct! No less than 6 storms are due to hit us here on the the west coast (northern CA), one after another beginning tonight, and bringing unusual wind, 6-10 inches of rain and 5-10 feet of snow in the Sierras. There’s been so much fuss made that if it all ‘blows over’ it will be a bit comical. I wouldn’t be surprised, and it wouldn’t be the first time the predictions weren’t correct. News shows seem to thrive on the drama they create and this impending storm has kept the networks yapping.

Back in 2006 we were hit with a wind storm that shook us to the core! Here are some shots of our then-neighborhood. We couldn’t even leave the house until clean-up crews took a chainsaw to the trees that had fallen across the streets of our community. I remember laying in bed in the middle of the night, thinking that our windows would pop out due to the ferocious gusts of wind beating against our home, which was perched high atop a hill smack dab on the Puget Sound, seemingly even more vulnerable to the storm.

We were without power for a week and finally moved into my husband’s office to keep from freezing! It was just before Christmas and we ended up not even decorating due to all the time lost just coping without power. The lines at coffee shops were out the door because folks couldn’t even boil water at home to make their own hot drinks. We suddenly became grateful for those simple things we take for granted every single day.

I’m reminded of Matthew 7:24-27, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

And Hebrews 1:7 “In speaking of the angels he says, ”He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire.”

We were kept safe, thankfully. God is in charge of the weather patterns and He is an awesome God. No flesh will glory in His presence and prideful human beings are suddenly humbled by such simple things as torrential rain, winds and the like. Natural things speak to us if we allow them to, don’t they? Hm. Just thinking.

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