Eli's coming . . .

There's a storm brewing outside my apartment. It's been thundering and very windy for the last half an hour or so, but there hasn't been any rain. Sometimes it's calmest before a storm, but sometimes it can be nasty and violent. And at times some people see the storm coming but others see nothing. The bottom line: Eli's coming. He may come in the next three or four minutes or maybe not until later tonight, but he's coming. What will Eli do? Will be bring the much needed rain? Will he cause wide spread power outages and fallen trees? Only time will tell. I hope that Eli will bring relief from the pain of drought even though there might be pain in the storm.

and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise
the God who gives and takes away

Eli's coming. And when he gets here I hope that no matter the pain I can raise my hands and praise the God who gives and takes away.