Many of us are waiting for the day that we don’t have any more storms — emotional ones, financial ones, medical ones, weather ones, etc. But this reminds us that storms are a part of the experience here on Earth. They will keep on coming. The ending of storms is not the source of hope.

It shouldn’t be this way right? Why are those who have what someone else so desperately needs so bothered by a small personal cost like inconvenience? In fact, aren’t they missing a great opportunity?

“Hey, does God ask us to help our enemies when they need help or to just be nice to them?” This was the text message I received one afternoon from one of my children. Their question revealed how their workday was going.

There was no hope that I could ever fix this perilous situation. What does a person do when the pain of two people you love has come to a place of impossible reconciliation?

I went to work satisfied that I had been faithful to pray for someone God brought to mind. However, her name wouldn’t leave my mind. I had done what I could, right? But it seemed God was inviting me to do more – to tell her I had prayed for her. Wait! What!

Like my van, I am often racing around from place to place, filling my proverbial trunk (and seats and floorboards) with tasks and appointments, therefore using up all my time and energy.