Lighthouse Beams

Living in Missouri we never dreamed that we would have a hurricane come through our area but they say just wait if you don’t like the weather now it will change in a little bit.  Sunday morning we were woke up at 1:00 am to the worst sound of wind we have ever experienced and rain coming down in sheets.  Our lights kept going on and off, so out came the handy candles, just in case.  The wind just kept right on going and harder as it went.  Michael finally got called into work at 6:00 (he works for the local electric company as a computer specialist) and we didn’t see him until mid-night.  The storm started dying down around 7:00 and then by 2:00 yesterday afternoon it was completely over just leaving behind all sorts of damage.

As I sat with the kids during the day a song came back to me that a special friend of mine taught me when I was a very little girl and I think of it often still.  She told me that if I got scared during a storm to just sing this little song and God would give me a comfort and she is right it has and has also been used by my mother through some stormy times.  The words to the chorus go like this: