God's Storehouses

Psalms 135:5-7
For I know that the Lord is great,
and that our Lord is above all gods.
Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps. He, it is, who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
who makes lightnings for the rain
and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
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Tuesday, April 22
The second half of our first hiking day was less pleasant. As always, the stubby, out of shape, legs of Liz and I made sure that we were the last group of our pack of hikers. As we hiked along the ridge of Cove Mountain we could hear distant rumblings and see storm clouds roll up from the valley as we anxiously watched for the blue blaze that would tell us we were about a mile from Cove Mountain Shelter. Providentially, we met up with Peg, Brooke and Jaleine, who were also wondering if they had also missed the blue blazes. We figured BOTH groups would not have missed BOTH blazes so we pressed on. We hoped the storm would change direction, knowing that it was moving much faster than us, but it quickly hit full force with driving rain and gusting winds howling up and over the ridge. When a couple flashes of lightning followed and a branch crashed to the ground near us, our packs came off and Peg found an already fallen tree for the girls to crawl under. Nichole and Liz grabbed the ground cover for our tent and I quickly chucked the metal hiking poles away from our "shelter". We prayed, stayed mostly dry and kept our sense of humor for the duration of the thankfully short-lived storm. I can't say that I was unafraid but it was definitely reassuring to know the Owner of the storm's storehouses.





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