Spring Storms / Lessons through the Lens

The spring winds blow hard. I watch the trees bend to and fro; nearly it seems, to their breaking point.  

Last year’s stubborn leaves, brown and lifeless, 

fight to hold on against the force.

But the wind is stronger.  

The rain falls in torrents.

The rivers swell until they can not hold another 

drop. They surge and scatter the fallen limbs and 

brush that have collected on their banks.  

As I watch this spring storm Hebrews 12: 26-29 

comes to mind. 

“Shake everything that can be shaken…

may only what cannot be 

shaken remain.”

I embrace the wind that tugs free

 selfishness and pride. 

I welcome it...

because I have complete 

faith in the God 

who sends it. 

"He makes clouds rise from the

 ends of the earth; he sends lightning 

with the rain and brings out the wind from his 

storehouses." 

Ps. 135:7

Taken from Lessons through the Lens

There is a Freedom that Surrender Brings.

"At the timberline where the storms strike with the 

most fury, the sturdiest trees are found." 

 ~Hudson Taylor