“Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
You preserve my life.”
Psalm 138:7
Sometimes in life, it seems that trouble is apparent on all fronts. Whether self-created, others-created, or “just happens”….those are times when we can feel the most alone. And sometimes that sense of being alone is the most intense and painful in the midst of those times of trouble. It feels like you have somehow stepped into “the eye of the storm,” and it is overwhelming and scary.
In the early years of my “desert life,” I was in the market area when I noticed a sudden scrambling of women gathering their children and rushing toward their tents. The shopkeeper directed my attention to the horizon, where a massive, dark “mountain range” had appeared out of nowhere. But the “mountains” were moving, rapidly, towards us. I had never seen anything like it – a massive sandstorm was coming. Immediately, I rushed out the door to head back to the building in which I was staying. Windows were shuttered, curtains drawn, water bottles readied, team members gathered, and prayers for protection began frantically being voiced.
I could not imagine the tents and shanties withstanding the power that would soon be upon us. Darkness covered everything as the powerful “mountain-range” rolled over us, dropping sand, stones, debris and even scorpions it had picked up as it had rolled across the desert.
In the midst of that dim, dusty air, there appeared at the door, a woman. She was carrying a gift which she quietly presented. Saying nothing, she turned and disappeared into the storm.
Our room was silent. Who? Why? How? We had no answers. But her presence in that moment quieted our fears. She had come in the midst of the storm. A sense of calm and reassurance filled the dim, dusty room.
God brings His Comfort in most unexpected ways. Our visitor’s courage to come to us “in the midst of the storm” helped our own faith to grow. Her example reassured us that this was not an impossible situation.
We sensed that God had sent her, reassuring us that He was indeed with us, “in the eye of the storm.”
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