Tuesday 4~ Weathering the Storm

 Weathering the Storm

It's time for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4. After Toni passed into Paradise, I wanted to keep her memory and her meme alive.
When thunder and lightning happen, cats, dogs, squirrels like to be in a small, safe , enclosure. Inside animals will hide under beds, outside they are appreciative of a box or little house to hide in. People are no different it seems.


1. Do storms frighten you or make you cautious?
Certainly if there are big bad storms I am cautious and nervous about it. Especially if we know a hurricane is coming...we always have concerns and take a lot of precautions to get things ready so we will be safe and have everything we need on hand in case the power goes off.  Thankfully we have never had to evacuate because of any storms where we live. We are far enough inland that we don't get the worst of the storms, but we usually get a lot of wind and rain and the danger is always that trees could fall on the house or roads.

2. What is the worst weather you can remember?

I honestly don't remember the names of the storms, but we've been through some pretty scary hurricanes in our life time of living in Florida.  We've also been through some snowstorms and ice storms when we lived in the north, but we were never snowed in for any length of time, thankfully.


3.Are you in a personal storm right now and do you need our prayers to help you through it? I think many bloggers are prayer warriors indeed.

Thankfully, nothing major right now. We've been there before, and were so very thankful for all the prayers we could get during those times. Prayer really does help, even from people we may not know personally...but just to know that people are out there praying on our behalf is always a great comfort. And yes, I am very thankful for our blogger prayer warriors. You are all a beautiful and wonderful family. Thank you for the times you prayed for me and my family. And I consider it a privlege to be able to pray for you as well.  


4. What is the best advice you can give to others about weathering storms of any kind.

Click HERE for a link to a list of scripture verses from the Bible about weathering the storms of life.   It is printable if you wish to print a copy and keep it in your Bible or in a place where you can see it when life is getting "stormy".   Here's a few of the verses that are listed that I find helpful...

Psalm 91:1-16

English Standard Version

My Refuge and My Fortress

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his pinions,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

5 You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8 You will only look with your eyes

and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—

the Most High, who is my refuge—

10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

12 On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;

the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he knows my name.

15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.”

Psalm 34:17-20  English Standard Version

"17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears

and delivers them out of all their troubles.

18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

20 He keeps all his bones;

not one of them is broken."

Isaiah 43:1-2  English Standard Version

"1 But now thus says the Lord,

he who created you, O Jacob,

he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

and the flame shall not consume you."

The best advice I can give is to keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, because He has already led the way for us. He knows our sorrows and trials, because He also suffered for our sakes. He will not fail us nor forsake us. Cling to Him, and He will carry you through whatever trials come your way.

Hebrews 12:2

Good News Translation

"2 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne."

Here's a few pictures of our skies before and after some "storms", although we did not actually get much of a storm here, just a little bit of rain that didn't amount to much. Some places about an hour south of us received about 20 inches of rain in about 5 hours time and experienced a lot of flooding and severely damaged roads and washouts. And right now the people of Jamaica are experiencing a horrific hurricane. My heart goes out to them as I know there will be serious casualties and destruction there.

God's beautiful rainbow, sent to us to remind us of His promise to never destroy the earth by flood again, and to remind us also that He is always with us, even until the end of the age.  (Genesis 5-9)

Lovely sunset over our still very dry Still Waters Pond last evening...but every drop of rain that falls is a blessing, and we will praise the Lord for His refreshing rains and be thankful for no terrible storms here.

Have a blessed day my friends, and may God be with you in whatever kind of storm you may be enduring right now.  

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