The Storms Of Life

Some of the storms of life come suddenly: a great sorrow, a bitter disappointment, a crushing defeat.  Some come slowly.  They appear upon the ragged edges of the horizon no larger than a man's hand, but trouble that seems so insignificant spreads until it covers the sky and overwhelms us.

Yet it is in the storm that God equips us for service.  When God wants to make a man He puts Him into some storm.  The history of mankind is always rough and rugged.  No man is made until he has been out into the surge of the storm and found sublime fulfillment of the prayers: "O God, take me, break me, make me."

Streams In The Desert, January 16