Beauty from the Storm

With my hubby out of town this week I have been spending lots of time at the rents' house...tonight as I was rushing to get over there to beat a storm that was on its way, I had one of those moments where God just reminded me who He is.  This was kind of an unusual storm because one half of the sky was sunny and blue while the other half was very dark which as a result produced a rainbow!

Looking at that rainbow, I just thought how cool it is that God can allow the sky to be so bright and sunny and yet dark and rainy at the same time.  He can make beauty from a storm that can be loud and  severe.  

I started thinking about the summer Brian and I are going to embark on.  We get to go to a few summer camps, I have begun a new nanny job, and we will hopefully continue to connect with our students throughout these next few months.  We have so many opportunities to be used by God, but then I was reminded how much I can get in the way of that.  I can be quite a STORM.  My emotions can be an ominous gloomy cloud, my emotions can strike like lightning and my anger can be a loud roaring like thunder.  I leave a mess behind me as I swirl through the day.  BUT GOD is bigger than me and I NEED Him to be my guide and my stability and to hopefully make beauty through the mess of a person I am.  I have so many opportunities this summer for God to show me how to love more like him and I just pray that my storm of emotions and sin doesn't get in the way.  I want to serve and grow closer to my Savior this summer, so that when a stormy part of everyday life comes He can be my stable foundation.

"You make beautiful thingsYou make beautiful things out of the dustYou make beautiful thingsYou make beautiful things out of us"- Gungor