July 9, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, July 9.
It was a stormy Monday for many people. I hope that you and yours made it through Hurricane Beryl unscathed. Our prayers today are with those who are still without power, those who are digging out from under wind damage, those who are cleaning out from flooding.
There's an old saying, "the calm before the storm". It's inspired by an actual weather phenomenon where a storm cell draws warm, moist air out of the atmosphere for fuel. The birds go quiet, the wind dies down... and then the fireworks begin!
As I woke up this morning to a blue, cloudless sky and a soft breeze, I thought that we more often experience a calm "after" the storm. The day after bad weather is usually what they call a "chamber of commerce" day - perfect. Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell us of a day when Jesus Christ reached out His hand and calmed the storm. And a thousand years before that, a king named David wrote these words.
"He calms the storm so that its waves are still. Then they are glad because it is quiet, as He guides them to their desired haven. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness." Psalm 107:29-31
Storms will come. God is faithful. Thanks to the Lord for His goodness.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
