LETTERS OF ENCOURAGEMENT- In the Spirit

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Lord,
sometimes when I talk
to You at night…
lying between cool sheets
in a soft breeze…
I can feel
Your giant Hands
cradling me
as if I were
rocking in a hammock.
I know You are HERE
with me.
And I feel secure.

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I snuggle…
even deeper amid the sheets.
I listen…
to the heavy downpour
of rain falling
…endlessly.
I feel the coolness
of the air.
A sudden illumination –
lightning –
flashes strobe-like into my room.
I hear rumbles of thunder.
More rain.
More lightning.
Loud claps of thunder.
I can even feel the vibrations
of that last peal of thunder!
The tape recorder handle rattles.
Everything shakes.
It’s so loud.

I think about
GOD.

I wonder
if this is just
a random act
of Nature,
or is it carefully orchestrated
by God’s Hands.

The rain ceases.
I can hear the crickets
and the frogs.
The night has become
very alive.
Distant flashes.
Distant rumbles.
A cool rush of air.
Quiet.

The stillness of night
returns.

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