_One day Jesus told a story of two men who built two homes. They may have been at the same time and might even had the same floor plan. One of the builders erected his home on shifting sand, while the other built on a stable rock foundation.

Then the storms came hitting both of those houses--hard! The house that had been built on sand collapsed while the one built on the rock stood firm. The obvious moral of the story is to build your life on a foundation that will last. But here's something we often miss. The storm came to both lives and the rain poured on both building sites!! No one is exempt from the storm.

Friends, we will all experience storms in life. Good things will happen to us, as well as tragic and inexplicable things. As much as we would like to believe otherwise, none of us can take an extended vacation beyond the reach of human suffering and tragedy. But we most not forget that God is in control of the life of the Christian and can actually bring good out of bad.

Life is a process and, as finite beings who live moment to moment, we can't see around the bend. But we can know this: He is watching and caring, in control and loving us with an everlasting love.