Holy buckets of water, Batman!

I understand it’s been a hundred years since I last updated my blog. I’m sorry. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to blog. I’ve just been too busy! However, this morning’s storms inspired me…

Lately, I’ve been carpooling to work. It’s not because I’m green. Well, I believe in stewardship. But, I confess my primary motivation was to save money…not the planet. Anyway, as I left this morning, I noticed there seemed to be fairly low clouds in the sky. There was also a lot of lightning. But, no rain.

Well, in a matter of minutes, the sky went from being partly cloudy, to slightly green, to completely dark. It was creepy. The lightning stepped up its game and then it started to pour! The rain and hail was so bad, we could hardly see. As we drove in on the interstate, we saw signs that said we were downtown, but the visibility was so bad, we couldn’t see a single building!

We sat out in front of my building for fifteen minutes waiting for the rain to lessen. It didn’t. An ambulance pulled up behind us, so we had to move. We drove around to the other side of the block and got as close to the parking garage as possible and I had to make a run for it. It only took five unprotected steps to be absolutely soaked.

I can’t imagine the condition I’d be in if I was still parking four blocks away. No umbrella could have kept me dry!

I found some pictures online of this morning’s storm. Here’s a sampling…

The sheer amount of rain was unbelievable!! When lightning flashed, the sky lit up as though someone was turning a light switch on and off. And the thunder! Boy, it was loud!! Storms are always a good reminder of how small we are. When God uses nature to force us to pause, all we can do is obey.  If we try to fight it, we end up getting stranded in high water, I suppose.  Hmm.

…there’s a lesson in there somewhere!