Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.
He stilled the storm to a whisper;
    the waves of the sea were hushed.

Psalm 107:28-29

During our lifetimes, we encounter many storms. They can take many forms in addition to literal weather events, they can be personal, family, employment, financial, even legal or criminal. Finding oneself in the middle of a storm can be scary, lonely, and filled with a sense of complete helplessness.

Sometimes, our imaginations might run wild and cause us to perceive the situation as being even worse than it really is; just what we need!

We’ve all been there in one of life’s storms; I know I don’t need to go on trying to describe how unpleasant they can be…

The important thing for us to remember is that God is right there with us, even in the worst of times. Recently, when Hurricane Milton was at its worst in our area, I was just hearing the almost deafening noise of it. That wasn’t so bad, but in the midst of that roaring of wind and torrential rain were other sounds like Whack, Wham, pop, crash, as various objects, large and small, hit our house.

O Lord, help!!

I’m not going to say that He calmed the storm right away, but I sure felt the calm of His presence, and when the storm did calm and I ventured outside, there was one crazy big mess, but no serious damage to our home.

This was an extreme weather event, but I’ve noticed that the same calm of His presence is there in the other storms of life, when I remember that He’s right there, and I put all of my faith and trust in Him. I would even guess that there may be someone reading this right now who could share something similar with us in the comments…