Storms

Storm by definition is a violent condition, an unexpected attack, causes worry or distress, grief, affliction, loss, adversity. 

And for the most part the cause of a storm in our lives is one of two things.

1. A storm we've caused (consequential) 

2. Innocent storm ( a problem we didn't cause and can not change) 

We have all had a storm, will have a storm or are going through a storm right now, but the results in my opinion will all depend on how we deal with our storm.

We had a prophetic service in our church today and during one of the songs (great I am) I was instantly reminded of a moment I had last week, when I felt overwhelmed by the storm we are in right now. As the service kept going and our guest speaker ( pastor Dick Iverson) was preaching, I was amazed (as we always seem to be) when the word lined up with what the Lord was speaking to my heart during worship.

I have never believed that God causes storms or bad things to happen to good people I think it would be really hard for me personally to serve a God if I believed he could punish me at any time due to my obedience or attitude. Instead I've always believed that we live in a sinful world, with sinful natures and consequences that follow our sin. Because of that we have to TRUST that God knows our needs, our desires, our hearts cry. We have to STAND on His Word daily and CHOOSE to walk those promises of Gods word in our lives daily. 

The storms will come (Is 43:1) "WHEN" you pass through the waters, not if you do, WHEN you pass through I will be with you. 

I told you earlier I had a moment this week, my son who was diagnosed with a kidney syndrom two months ago has been on a high dose of steroids, they have MANY side effects and we are doing everything we can to monitor those, but in the big picture of how well the medicine is working we have to take it believe it's for the best. Well we have been able to lower his dose and walk this out so far without any "relaps" which we were told WILL happen. However I found myself assuming that since he was doing so well he wouldn't have an issue, he was "healed" or "the exception" to the syndrom. But we have had days that showed us that wasn't true, that he has this condition and needs this medicine. I don't know how to explain it to you, it's not like I didn't believe the doctors, I did.  But I felt like I had all the sudden been lied to or disappointed with the results we were getting. And that's just not the case, the reality was he is doing very well. He is responding to his meds and we are working on the diet to keep his kidneys under control. But he isn't out of the muck yet, he is human and I need to stand on Gods word and His promises for my family that with medicine and diet and healing my son will walk in health. It's a storm for us right now, not one we caused, not one we could have stopped or saw coming. It's living on earth in an age with sin and disease. BUT.... We have the Lord. We have His promises and we will stand strong through this storm until the "WHEN WE PASS THROUGH" is done. 

I encourage you no matter what your storm has looked like or may be right now, to open up your bible, pray one more time. Expect that Lord to show you his promises and allow Him to be faithful to you today.