A Song in the Storm

Legend has it that a long-ago German baron formed an aeolian harp by stretching wires from one castle tower to another. After finishing it, he listened eagerly for its music. But it was summertime and the warm, gentle breezes and sunshine produced only faint whispers of song. Then one day-BOOM, a thunderstorm swept over the hills. The wind blew fiercely at the wires, and the harp responded with the most majestic music.

It's in the storms that we too should have a song. Life is not always easy. Troubles will burst like thunderstorms on our horizons. And if you are in a storm right now, I have a message for you. Isaiah 43:1,2 "Fear not:for I (GOD) have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. "

Did you hear that? "I will be with thee." God will never leave us. No matter how dark the valley, He is right there. He's not saying we won't have trials. We will. He's not saying the way is easy. It's not. But He's promising that He will be with us-and He's also saying, "Look ahead!" There are better days coming. We're not home yet. Will we stay faithful and keep our eyes on the goal? Faith, after all, is not believing when we see, it's believing and trusting when we don't see; when we don't understand.

So when the waves are high and the sky is dark, keep trusting. And don't forget.

"Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life" (Psalm 42:8).

Keep singing. Victory is ahead, for the battle is His!

-Amy Diane Keepers at Home