Project Day 133: Storms

Canon 5D Mark ll, 24-70 2.8L, 13.0 aperture. 1/5 shutter, 100 ISO

When this storm came up today, I was relieved. It almost felt like the chaos that was brewing within me was getting out into the open. I stood under the swaying trees as their branches and leaves danced to the wind’s choreography. Up, to the side, circle back around again. They did not seem afraid, nor was I. I soaked it in. “Let the rain come”, I begged the Father. It was a hard day, and the storm was just what I needed to wash away the debris that stuck to my soul like old jam. I needed a cleansing of my palate.  Storms can do just that.

Fernando Ortega‘s song entitled “Storm” says it better than I ever could.

Sometimes it takes a storm
To really know the light
The scent of rain
The weight of clouds
Pulling down the sky
Sometimes it takes a storm
To know how you feel
To understand indigo
And the varnished sun
Lighting up the fields

It takes the rain between the lines to know what sorrow finds
The way a cloud divides sometimes
The clearing and the blue
I love you
I was just passing through
And taken by surprise
Between the black sky
And the blue
Between the black sky and the blue
I love you
I love you

Yes, grateful for the storms in life, too. They help us feel alive, and dependent on the One who holds the power to both create and calm them in His hands.

Psalm 107:29,30 ~ “He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven.”