Last night I heard what I believe was the worst storm to roll through my city since I moved to Maryland over 2 years ago. I say this because this storm actually woke me up and kept me up.

I pride myself in the fact I can sleep anywhere and through anything. Well that was until last night. The concert of thunder and light show of lightning seemed to be happening right outside our bedroom window.

At about 3am I got out of bed and switched the TV on to see what was happening. I thought there must be huge damage across the area and there has to be a tornado warning in effect (Living in Missouri for two years made be Paranoid about the smallest cloud in the sky). When I turned the TV on all I saw was a little symbol in the top left hand corner of the screen saying, “Flash Flood Watch’. That was it? I went through every channel to see if I could find the paranoid weather man who had the same fears as me, only to be disappointed. I thought, either the weathermen in Maryland have less zeal than those in Missouri, or I had just learnt a spiritual lesson!

Well I found out it was the spiritual lesson! Just because a storm is roaring in your ears does not mean it actually is going to affect you. You see the lightning wasn’t going to touch me, the thunder couldn’t harm me and the rain could not get in. Instead of staying in my warm little haven called bed; I got out and searched for the storm all because I listened to its roar!

What storms are going on around you that are causing you to lose sleep? Most storms won’t and can’t affect us, unless that is, until we spend too much time listening to its roar.