The sun was shining, the wind blowing lightly and birds were chirping in the nearby tree – it was a beautiful spring day. Sitting there near the water’s edge looking out over the lake, watching the little ripples as the fish swam under the surface I thought nothing could be more peaceful.
Then out of the clear blue sky came a crack of thunder as the cloud that wasn’t visible just five minutes earlier moved in. The sound was loud and filled the air and jarred me back to reality. As I gathered my things the rain started, first slowly and then harder and harder until it was pouring and I was drenched by the time I reached the safety of my car. The sky had turned dark and the rain poured down so hard I couldn’t see the lake I had just been enjoying.
Isn’t that how life is? We’re going along minding our own business, enjoying life, when out of the blue something happens that completely soaks us and we lose our vision. We wonder – how in the world did this happen and so fast. It’s hard to hang on, to our faith and hope, when we’re cold and wet and it seems were all alone.
No matter what it seems like we need to trust that the cloud will move on, we’ll dry out, and the birds will sing in the nearby tree again. For God says In Isaiah 41:13
For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”