Good-morning, Kansas. Once again I wake up to...wind. There was UNBELIEVABLE winds that occured last week - the kind that lasted ALL day & was so fierce I was afraid to allow my 20lb. schnauzer outside! I tell folks here that I've experienced high winds (living in Tx all my life)...but they don't hold a candle to winds in Kansas.
Our home, the parsonage, has a corner between the den and kitchen that faces the northwest. It's all open - one big room - which includes the kitchen, dining and den. Well, this corner seems to 'catch' all the wind that blows from the north...and we can hear it in the house. That's how I gauge the amount & strength of the wind here. When we first moved to Dighton - we would sit in the den and just listen in amazement to this wind. We'd just look at each other and laugh at this 'song of nature.'
It reminds me of the storm that came up on the disciples while they were in the tiny boat on the sea. I can't begin to imagine the fear that must have consumed them at the fury of this storm. Just hearing the winds in Kansas and seeing the things blowing through the streets is enough to send me hiding under the bed. AND to think these men were on the water! And just as they believe they'll all perish - they awake the One who is sleeping through this storm...yep, SLEEPING!! (after all...He knows Who's in charge of storms.)
All Jesus had to do was SPEAK to the wind and the waves - and they CEASED. Wow. Can you imagine being in that boat and watching this unfold. Jesus spoke...God spoke...and amazing things happened.
Guess what? God still speaks. Jesus still speaks. AND amazing things are still happening. Keep your senses keen & keep looking/listening for amazing things. They're happening everywhere - just for you to see...and believe.
SO THEY SET OUT, AND AS THEY SAILED HE FELL ASLEEP. AND A WINDSTORM CAME DOWN ON THE LAKE, AND THEY WERE FILLING WITH WATER AND WERE IN DANGER. AND THEY WENT & WOKE HIM, SAYING, "MASTER, MASTER, WE ARE PERISHING!" AND HE AWOKE AND REBUKED THE WIND AND THE RAGING WAVES, AND THEY CEASED, AND THERE WAS A CALM. HE SAID TO THEM, "WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?" AND THEY WERE AFRAID, AND THEY MARVELED, SAYING TO ONE ANOTHER, "WHO THEN IS THIS, THAT HE COMMANDS EVEN WINDS & WATER, AND THEY OBEY HIM?" (Luke 8:22-25)
...and just like that...there are no more winds out my window in Kansas.
keep the faith, sweet friend
~love, karen
