THUNDER

THUNDER

Roaring through the mind, felt it shake to the core. We will sense the impending flash of lightning along the way. It will give us different reactions from the stress of waiting.

Life has many different types of thunder that come. Some boom in the most unexpected ways.

They can come as a crisis or emergency, even a blessing. Something unexpected that truly touches to the bone.

Where is takes us is hard to say. That will depend upon how much experience we have had with thunder in the past.

If the thunder has brought disaster we can be less that thrilled with future sounds coming into our minds. And we might cringe if the crisis really was a disaster.

As for blessings, well if they roar with such drama in our veins, it can truly overpower. It can rivet with awe and anticipation. But it might also elevate our expectations that all future thunder will be the same.

What thunder will never be is normal or quiet. It will always get our attention. But whether we hear God in the thunderous shake is a matter of our spiritual ears.

Some find that easy to embrace others do not. There are times when we all look in one direction for the storm we anticipate while they will come from a different place.

And it takes time and the spirit of God to truly give insight and understanding to the cause of the thunder. Some can discover the details on their own. They will ferret out all the facts about thunder from some source.

But it never is quite the same as when it is taught by God's spirit. For he will give us light to show more deeply what is the true origin of any thunder.

Plus he will also grant us understanding of the purpose of this thunder. Speculation always serves to give us sight. Only it isn't necessarily from God's spectacles.

Oh it will give answers, but not necessarily the right ones. And if we embrace it as our only version we will probably end up less than satisfied with the meaning.

But again it is our choice. And no matter how painful the truth is at times, it is less painful than when we never accept it at all.

Letting it touch will be the most critical phase to any process. For that is when thunder becomes a lightning for the heart and we grow in the process rather than stay in the shadows forever. A choice that never in any way grants us the joy we can carry through the darkness.