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Flying into Chicago recently, I watched a great thunderstorm from my window seat. The combination of a full moon, impressive clouds, and the dynamics of a nighttime storm were cause for a moment of awe. Over and over there were huge flashes of light and long bolts of lightning. Beautiful and powerful.

I reflected on a recent email from our son, Zachary, deployed with the U.S.M.C., who spoke of a “God moment” as he watched a thunderstorm from the high mountains of

Afghanistan

. He experienced a sense of peace in the presence of a powerful God who is above all else, even enemies. God is greater than anything this world can produce. That peace that passes understanding is something fresh for him in the face of recent battle wounds.

The perspective of a thunderstorm from above was a blessing. I could easily envision written across the clouds ….”Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling." (Zech 2:13). Or, Psalm 46:10…"Be still , and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Or, perhaps the verses Kristi and I have been memorizing together from Psalm 19…….

”The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”