(Photo: Greg McCown)
As I'm writing this, it's storming outside.
There are flashes of lightning illuminating the night sky and claps of thunder rattling the windows.
I've forgotten how terrifying, yet amazing the sudden clashes of thunder and flashes lightning can be. The way the thunder seems to rumble from far off in the distance until it sounds like it's at the front door and the flashes of lightning bursting like camera flashes from the heavens are calming reminders of home. But why?
The sights, smells and sounds of storms don't have to tie into my emotions, but they do. Nature doesn't have to terrify, amaze and comfort me, but it does.
Have you ever thought about that? Storms could have just been storms and nature could have just been nature, but instead we're tied to it all.
Rain puts us at peace.
Thunder humbles us with a sense of fear.
Lightning puts us in awe.
Storms don't have to make us feel peace, fear and awe, but they do. Why? Because we have a God who gives us peace, who we should fear and who we should be in awe of. I think He likes to remind us He created it all.
-Cliff
Cliff's Note: There is evidence of God in all of creation. We just have to look for Him.