Musings at Altitude

I landed in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday evening and we entered the heart of an incredible storm.  As we descended, it looked like this:

And for the next hour and a half, we drove through the monsoon toward the beach, going 60 mph for short spurts and driving perilously fast at 30 mph when the rain was pelting us beyond belief.

Coincidentally (or maybe not), several friends called me shortly thereafter to share their burdens of incredible trauma and turmoil at work.  They too were being pelted by driving rain creating tremendous peril in their lives, and like us as we were driving, they were looking for the shelter and sanctuary beyond the storms they were facing.

As I got in the car today amidst slow moving traffic and even more rain, I couldn’t help but think of the similarity between that storm in Orlando and the storms that my friends were facing at work.  As I bumbled along the highway at no more than 25 mph, I reached over and switched from radio to CD, and without even thinking, I went to CD 1 and track 2, and sure enough, Praise You in the Storm came on.  I smiled as I listened to the words that have brought me so much comfort since I first heard this song, and I thought of all those friends who are struggling so mightily at work right now and wondered if they too found smiles in comfort in songs like this one:

And every tear I’ve cried

You hold in your hand

You never left my side

And though my heart is torn

I will praise you in this storm.

For all my friends who shared with me their struggles and concerns, please listen to this song and find that very same comfort and those very same smiles that I find when I close my eyes and prayerfully reflect on its words.  In the midst of the storms that we encounter in our day to day lives, there is peace that comes from knowing that we are not alone in our struggle and that we have a friend in the great comforter and our creator.

Thanks for sharing.  More importantly, thanks for listening!