June 22, 2011
Storms
a recent blog update by intern Julie Morson
I have always loved storms. I think it is just the feeling that something is changing or that there is something bigger and more powerful than me. I always get excited right before the storm when the wind is blowing and it hasn’t started raining yet!
After the tornado I didn’t think my love of storms had changed, but about two weeks later while I was at RUF Summer Conference in the evening meeting I experienced my first post tornado storm. I felt a very different emotion. My excitement was exchanged with fear, anxiety, and panic. I wanted to run out of the large group where rain was pounding on the metal roof to a basement or small closet. Caitlin (one of my fellow interns) stood with me in the bathroom until I calmed down.
I know that some of the affects of the storm will stay with me for many years. After April 27th I will probably always take tornado warnings and watches more seriously and have a heightened sense of fear associated with them. But last Friday there was a small shower and I felt my old excitement when the gust of wind hurled the tree branches around. It is amazing how God heals our hearts over time and restores us. It has neat to see this in my life as well as many other people in Tuscaloosa. Families have moved into their new beautiful homes, parents are returning to work, and children are beginning to sleep well again.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds
- Psalms 147:3
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