Sheltered by the Love of Jesus
Greetings in the Lord! Well, as I begin the new week, I am listening to the wind blow fiercely through the mountains yet again. The news says it may reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, and I believe it, as I see the waving of the tall Ponderosa pines through my windows. But to me, the winds also represent the swift moving of the Holy Spirit these days; the powerful presence of the Lord among us, clearing away the old and ushering in the new. Of course, sometimes the wind storm makes quite a mess, as we saw with the devastating tornadoes this fall. The wreckage eventually gets cleaned up though, and rebuilding happens. Such is the time we are in....a tearing down, uprooting, and finally, replanting. But turbulent times can be unnerving, however. It is with that in mind that the Lord gives us today's word from 2 Samuel 3:1) " The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul g