Hope in the Midst of the Storm
Terrifying Storms
My dad decided to spend the day after mom's funeral at my brother's house about thirty minutes away from his home. I don't think he was ready to face all the memories of my mom at their home without her there. My oldest son and I, along with his girlfriend, stayed alone at my parents' house that day to rest. Early in the day, my parents' severe weather alarm began sounding with warnings of severe thunderstorms and hail. We turned on the news and watched the storm tracker reveal that there was one storm cell after another headed directly our way and that they would last throughout the day and night. Being from California (earthquake country) we are very used to predictions that do not come to pass, but something in my gut said that we should be prepared. Over the next number of hours we watched as storms moved through our area. I had never seen the entire blackened sky come to touch the ground and then swirl the way we were seeing. Then the reports changed from severe thunder and hail to tornado warnings. ...
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Jen...Not ashamed to say it "We do have Hope in Jesus as our shelter in a time of storm."