Pastor Baird
07-18-2007, 04:52 PM
Yesterday was a dark day in Vincennes, Indiana
I needed to go to Evansville
A heavy storm was brewing
The ominous clouds were billowing, colossal and black
Boisterous winds were blowing small branches from trees
The birds silenced their songs
Headlights were on, anticipating the imminent - dreading what might happen
Trash and debris was propelled across the highway by an invisible authority
Lightning flashed -
Not the “behind the clouds” gentle kind
…BOLD streaks of pungent, devastating terror
Huge rain drops began to pummel our vehicle
What to do in a storm.?.?.?
I needed to go to Evansville
In spite of the storm
We continued on the road towards our destination
The storm menacing, threatening, progressively intimidating
With unrelenting determination we persisted –
I kept driving
My wife, trustingly engrossed in a book
I needed to go to Evansville
I had made up my mind
Even in the face of such a storm
I needed to…. it was something I must do
In a little while
Clouds began to dissipate
We continued our course - with our destination a little closer now
The sun was now peeking through the clouds
A little more time went by
A few more miles down the road
The Sun was again brightly shinning
Storm clouds had vanished
I looked in my rear-view mirror
I had to look BEHIND us . . . to see the storm
The clouds were still dark and ominous
The storm was still intensely raging
But it no longer effected my wife and I
We had maintained our course
We had moved. . . beyond the storm !
The storm became only a memory to remind us …
We must keep moving …forward… toward our goal
Don’t ever forfeit your journey…
Don’t ever surrender your goals…
Don’t ever lay down your arms…
....just because of a storm
Storms should become stepping stones we pull from our memories and climb a little higher because of
Storms should become springboards from which we are propelled into another realm of victorious, righteous reality.
Storms are temporary interruptions… of a permanent journey…
....unless you choose to stay... remain... in the storm
-Persevere-
-Carry on-
-Endure-
THROUGH the storms - into the SON-shine of His harvest!
I needed to go to Evansville
A heavy storm was brewing
The ominous clouds were billowing, colossal and black
Boisterous winds were blowing small branches from trees
The birds silenced their songs
Headlights were on, anticipating the imminent - dreading what might happen
Trash and debris was propelled across the highway by an invisible authority
Lightning flashed -
Not the “behind the clouds” gentle kind
…BOLD streaks of pungent, devastating terror
Huge rain drops began to pummel our vehicle
What to do in a storm.?.?.?
I needed to go to Evansville
In spite of the storm
We continued on the road towards our destination
The storm menacing, threatening, progressively intimidating
With unrelenting determination we persisted –
I kept driving
My wife, trustingly engrossed in a book
I needed to go to Evansville
I had made up my mind
Even in the face of such a storm
I needed to…. it was something I must do
In a little while
Clouds began to dissipate
We continued our course - with our destination a little closer now
The sun was now peeking through the clouds
A little more time went by
A few more miles down the road
The Sun was again brightly shinning
Storm clouds had vanished
I looked in my rear-view mirror
I had to look BEHIND us . . . to see the storm
The clouds were still dark and ominous
The storm was still intensely raging
But it no longer effected my wife and I
We had maintained our course
We had moved. . . beyond the storm !
The storm became only a memory to remind us …
We must keep moving …forward… toward our goal
Don’t ever forfeit your journey…
Don’t ever surrender your goals…
Don’t ever lay down your arms…
....just because of a storm
Storms should become stepping stones we pull from our memories and climb a little higher because of
Storms should become springboards from which we are propelled into another realm of victorious, righteous reality.
Storms are temporary interruptions… of a permanent journey…
....unless you choose to stay... remain... in the storm
-Persevere-
-Carry on-
-Endure-
THROUGH the storms - into the SON-shine of His harvest!