WEATHERING STORMS TOGETHER!

Last night was a very awesome night with a huge twist, or should we almost say twister, that threw a wrinkle in the plans.

I am blessed to have many wonderful brothers in Christ that I am walking through life with at this present time. But I have one set of brothers that mean the world to me and help me attempt to stay on the right path in my walk with the Lord daily. I would consider this my accountability group with a major stress on accountability. We are able to meet and try to consistently stay in contact with each other, so we know what's going on in each other's lives and we are able to pray each other through many things. The joy of watching the Lord work in each of us and through us has been awesome. We have prayed each other through many trying times, but have also celebrated and rejoiced together in some wonderful milestones of life, watching God work miracles all the way through.

Last night was our Monday night get together with the entire crew. We had great fellowship and great food. A few minutes into our study time together, we realized a tornado was in the area and we decided we needed to take action. We rounded up all wives and kids and headed to the basement. The storm did not take long to ratchet up and actually knocked out the power about 5 minutes after we settled into the basement. As time passed and the storm eventually blew over, we all headed our own separate ways to home, having weathered the storm together.

Throughout the night last night and into today, that storm has been on my mind because it gives me many thoughts to how we do life together. I will say on one hand, that I think Satan likes to use storms of life, similar to last nights, to worry us and distract us from what we need to be doing. But on the other hand, I see God wanting to take those storms and teach us how to weather them, not through anything we do, but through His power and His guidance. He shows us how we can do it together and how He yearns for us to be intentional in the relationships that we have, so that we can grow and help each other stay the course.

So although last night was not in the planbook as far as our study went, it actually showed me how important it is that we weather the storms of life in God's hands, but that He also allows us to do it with other brothers and sisters in Christ. I pray that we all can be so blessed as to have folks who will go to battle with you and for you. Folks who you can call at anytime for instant prayer or folks who will challenge you when you need to be challenged. Folks who will speak truth to you when you need truth, not an opinion that will match what you want to hear. I thank the Lord everyday for my blessing of a real accountability group. I challenge others to find a group or start a group if the Lord puts it on your heart. We all need brothers and sisters in Christ so that we can weather storms together!