I’m trying to remember the last time we had a good thunderstorm? Not hurricane related or spawning tornadoes, but just a good thunderstorm that filled up the sky till it looked like night, shook the houses with mighty thunder and washed the Earth with a good downpour.

Call it a good power wash versus using the sprinkler.

The last one I can really remember having in the area was probrably when I was younger….very younger, think pre-CD’s, mp3′s and cellphones. Yes. I”m that old.

For me,thunderstorms are a reminder of just the cleansing power of our Heavenly Father and we are the dust covered cars that we often put off giving a good wash.

You’ve seen them. Might have seen mine.

It’s the one that has gone beyond having “Wash Me’ etch on it, to just “Help Me”.

I just like the God’s Word translation of Exodus 9:29,

“Moses replied, “As soon as I’m out of the city, I’ll spread out my hands to the LORD in prayer. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail. This is how you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD”.

Very simple and straight-forward.

It’s true. The earth doesn’t belong to us. The true owner and the only owner is our Heavenly Father and seeing a thunderstorm, for me, is a reminder that He is taking care of the earth but more than anything, He is taking care of us.

It’s like He has a to do list and one of them is to give the Earth a good cleansing, so He takes His power hose and just washes off all the dirt and the grime to see the beauty of what He has created underneath it all.

The dogs hate the thunderstorms. The thunder and the lightening sends them running under the beds and the furnitures whimpering, but for me, it’s an excuse to get a cup of hot chocolate, even on a warm summer day (I’m like that…any excuse for chocolate, hot or cold) and just take in the show know as the “Heavens above”.

Praise God that we serve Him and He is an awesome God and as the Earth is cleansed and renewed under him or as the kids like to take off running off all over the house screaming,”It’s the water cycle! It’s the water cycle!”, a reminder that the earth belongs to Him and WE belong to Him and all is good.

Well…unless you’re a pair of dachshunds hiding under the bed.

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