A sailboat upset out on the lake late Sunday afternoon in a fierce wind and rain storm. Fortunately there was no thunder and lightning, since it took some motor boats a good while to get the crippled sailboat to the nearest shore.
Early this morning we had a similar storm, this time with lightning and half-hearted thunder. After the storm I went for my walk and saw this milkweed bent over by the wind and rain. Usually a sailboat can use the wind but in this case it's rigidity was its undoing. The milkweed bent with the wind and survives.
All this made me think about the value of bending to life's storms rather than rigidly trying to withstand them. It also got me thinking about Jesus' calming the storm on the sea while his disciples were afraid they would go down. Jesus gives us faith to know that no matter how fierce life's storms, he will see to it that we are not ultimately destroyed.
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