The Storm

Have you ever been to Holiday World? Well, last year I went with a group of people from Church. I had my niece with me for the day. She is not afraid of anything, so she loved riding the roller coasters (but, only the small ones, because I hate those life threatening big ones), but I was paranoid the whole day that she would fall out of one. I would either hold her hand or put my arm around her just to be careful. She decided she wanted to go on the tallest water ride in the water park and the stairs to the slide are really high, but she didn't seem to have any problem with standing near the edge. I finally made her stand in the middle of the stairs away from the side, because she was making me dizzy (I hate heights).

But, near the end of the day, we were waiting in line to ride the Scrambler and I looked up and noticed that the sky was turning black in the distance. Clouds were rolling quickly towards us and the trees were bending from the winds that were picking up. People started to stampede. I knew there was no way for us to get back through the line to get out, so, I picked her up and put her over the wall behind us, then I climbed over. We ran up the yard and squeezed through some railing. She grabbed my hand and we headed up the hill. People were running and screaming. I watched as some people were trampled over. Trees were falling down and limbs were hitting people. I looked down and saw that my niece was terrified and crying. So, I picked her up and held her close, with my hand over her head so that she wouldn't get run over or hit with a tree limb. I went off into the grass and avoided the people running and I hurried to the top of the hill, praying the whole way. By the time we reached there, the sky was black and it began to rain down in sheets. I looked for a place to get cover and I noticed some people huddled in a game booth but I knew that wasn't safe, so I went inside a building. We went to the back of the building away from all of the windows and it took a while before my niece was willing to let me go so I could put her down. I checked her over and saw that her leg was bleeding, so I fixed her up and we found a place to sit. She just kept looking at me and wondering if her nanna was alright. When the storm calmed down and it was just raining, I picked her back up and hurried to the place our group was to meet. I wrapped her up in a towel when we got there and held her close until she calmed down.

Life is full of storms. Wether they are small or large, they are not very enjoyable. But, just like my niece who knew I wasn't going to leave her and I was going to take care of her no matter what, so we should be assured that Father will take care of us. He carries us and holds us and reassures us. He goes with us each step of the way and when the storm passes He is still there. So, whatever storm you may be facing, call on Father.