Let's go dancing

What do you do when there are storms coming....really, really big storms?  My guess would be that we all try to get done what we can get done before it arrives, and then we just kind of hunker down and wait it out until it is over.  That is exactly what we used to do in Florida on those occasions when we got smacked around by hurricanes.  In those days (50's & 60's) the weather prognostigators weren't nearly as clear about conditions, timing, etc. as they are nowadays so we truely had to prepare for the storms in advance because we just didn't know where or when they would actually hit.

We also have stormy seasons all throughout our lives.  I'm not talking about the weather type storms.  I'm talking about other kinds of storms, expected or unexpected....like perhaps...

• storms like relationships in danger of going south on us
• financial storms
• a diminished sense of spiritual contentment, particularly because of sin in our lives
• devastating illnesses or even the death of those close to us

We can always expect some storms in our lives.  Some we bring on ourselves.  Others just occur.  In the end, none of us is immune to having storms in our lives.  And, if you have experienced any yet, you know they can be.....if we allow them....quite disruptive.  If you haven't experienced any life storms, have you thought about how you might react when one comes your way?

When we know that there is a major weather storm coming, not only do we prepare for it, but we generally know what we will be doing as it surrounds us.  We deal with it.  We try to keep life as normal as we can as we sit it out.  We don't fret and get all bent out of shape.  We recognize it for what it is...a storm...and we know that it will pass.  We also know that while it is surrounding us that it will be testing us, that it could push our limits...but we also know that if we just do the right things, we will get through it.

Life's storms are no different.  They can brutally push us.  They can get into our heads if we let them, and foul up our thinking, thereby causing us to say and do things that are counterproductive to our successfully weathering them.  But know this...life's storms will always pass.  They will end.  So knowing that we will face some of life's storms, isn't it better to prepare to dance through those storms rather than be bulldozed by them?

 

Shall we dance?