“…Like lightning and thunder, life is resounding…”
There have been many times of sheer joy in my life. There have been many moments of sheer despair and pain and discouragement. Moments of joy can be interrupted and shattered like a bolt of lightning striking the heart and shattering dreams. That is one way to view life, but I have chosen to view life in a different manner. In every moment of despair and pain and discouragement, the Lord has struck my heart with the lightning of His presence, giving me grace to endure and giving me a kingdom perspective on what has just taken place. The old saying, “Lightning never strikes twice in the same place” is absolutely wrong. My heart has been struck by the goodness of the lightning of His love and presence time and time again.
The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The lightning lit up the world;
The earth trembled and shook.
Psalm 77:18 NASB
Dennis Jernigan
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