When you watch dark storm clouds slowly moving across the sky toward you, they can bring a true feeling of dread. You don’t know for sure what’s going to hit you, but you know it could be dangerous, like hail, winds, or tornadoes. Then the storm arrives and, here in the midwest, we think about going to our basements when the sirens or weather radios go off. Once there, you just pray it will go by quickly, and that no one will be hurt and that there won’t be any damage.

Life can be like that. Sometimes the pain we experience can feel so overwhelming that we simply can’t see what God is doing. This isn’t a lack of faith; it’s part of being human.