Imagine you are driving along in the middle of a rain storm. You are having a wonderful conversation with your companion and you are enjoying the beautiful music playing. You are in a quiet neighborhood heading to a dinner appointment. You are so excited about the wonderful day you have just had! You are excited for dinner. Suddenly you see a bright flash of white surrounding your car. Your eyes still hurt from the brightness. Instantaneously you hear a loud clap of thunder that vibrates the car and your ear drums. Just as quickly as it happened it all becomes peaceful again. What in the world just happened???!!! You take a second to think and you suddenly yell, "WE WERE JUST HIT BY LIGHTNING!"
That is a true story that happened just this last week! Our car was literally struck by lightning. What is truly amazing to me is the fact that we are safe. We were not harmed in anyway and we continued right on for the rest of our night. We were protected by the power and mercy of God! Just like this event we all have the "lightning strikes" in our lives. We are surrounded by the attacks of the adversary and the attacks of human frailty. We must have the protection and the preparation to withstand the attacks and to continue forth in the power and mercy of God. We all know those protections. Reading our scriptures, prayer, attending church and so forth. We need these basic necessary tools or we will crumble when we are struck. No matter what the attack if we have the protection of God we will be saved! Our car proved to be the safe haven we needed and the arms of God will be that for us as we engulf ourselves in His love. Don't let the lightning storms of life attack you but be surrounded by the protection of God.
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