STORMY WEATHER AHEAD (RVD)

HOW, OH LORD,

DID I END UP

IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM

YET AGAIN?
IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN'T FEEL THE DARK CLOUDS FORMING.
I TRY TO KEEP MY DISTANCE
BUT BY THE TIME I  CATCH
THE REFRESHING SMELL OF THE RAIN,
I KNOW IT'S TOO LATE.
NEVER TOO LATE, THOUGH,
TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE STORM
ENFOLDED IN YOUR LOVING WINGS.
BUT
WHY
DO I DECIDE,
NAY SEEM TO BE DRAWN,
RIGHT INTO THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE STORM?
NOW THAT I THINK ON IT,
THOUGH,
THE MIDDLE
IS THE MOST PEACEFUL.
EPIPHANY: THAT'S WHERE GOD WANTS ME,
BECAUSE I CAN SEE FROM A POINT OF ABSOLUTE PEACE
EXACTLY WHERE
AND
EXACTLY WHEN
TO JUMP INTO THE FRAY.
AND IF I GET IT RIGHT,
GOD WILL BRING A PERSON INTO MY LIFE
THAT IS OPEN TO MY TESTIMONY,
AND IT DOESN'T HURT
THAT I HAPPEN TO WRITE
INSPIRATIONAL POETRY.
GOD USES FOOLISH WEAK ME.
WHAT A PONDEROUS MYSTERY.
JUST A REMINDER, JESUS:
THIS LITTLE CHURCH MOUSE IS QUITE AFRAID
OF LIGHTENING AND THUNDER.

I CORINTHIANS 1:27 

BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE WISE....

ISAIAH 41:10

SO DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM WITH YOU...