Rain.Thunder.Lightning.Tornado

This week has been CRAZY.BUSY.

I've been interning at Children's Hospital 4 days a week and have been running around all over the place to do errands and get things done.

To top off my busy schedule, yesterday we had a torrential downpour, severe thunderstorm, and tornadoes around the area.

In the midst of nonstop lightning and pouring rain, I couldn't help but think that the God I serve is a God who created beautiful, delicate hummingbirds and butterflies and who knows the number of stars in the sky; yet our God is also a God who controls the thunder, the lightning, tornadoes, and all of the earth's natural disasters.  It was amazing and beautiful and frightening and humbling all at once.

Due to the intense amount of rain we got, there is a HUGE sinkhole on the corner of North Ave. and Oakland in Milwaukee.  An entire SUV was swallowed up by the sinkhole, and THANK GOD the man inside the vehicle was removed safely and he is okay.

(sinkhole pictures courtesy of the Chicago Tribune)

I decided that on my way home from getting a bridesmaids dress altered (yet another errand I had to do this week), I would stop and take a few pictures of our parkway.  Usually, you can't see the water from the sidewalk and obviously the field is not supposed to be flooded.

If you are in the affected areas from this storm, I'm praying for you and your families.  I hope that there wasn't too much damage done by the rain and severe weather. 

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Thunderstorms

There is a severe thunderstorm warning tonight for my county.  This extends westward with tornado warnings.  When weather like this occurs, I enjoy watching the lightning (from the comfort of my living room), but I often wonder if a tornado will hit my hometown.  So far, we have been blessed by not having a tornado destroy the city, but it's always a possibility with the mixture of hot and cold air and thunderstorms. 

Knowing that God is in complete control of the storm and has command over the wind, the rain, and the lightning makes me feel more calm about the weather outside.  If Jesus can command the waves and wind to calm on the sea, He can certainly calm the storms outside and protect our home from harm if it is His will. 

I am always humbled by the magnificence of God, which I am reminded of when severe weather happens.

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