I am sure you have all heard the song The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow from the musical Annie.  The song is sung by the character of Little Orphan Annie who has experienced a terrible life in an orphanage along with other orphans who also resided there. In spite of her circumstances, she still had hope that tomorrow would be better. As we all know, her life did improve. Although this is a fictional story, the message is nice and makes us feel hopeful for ourselves and those we care about.

That brings me to today and what we are facing with our next hurricane. As I sit in my office and look out the window, I wonder what Hurricane Helene will bring our way. I pray we will all be safe and no one sustains devastating loss and personal injuries, but as is the case with most of these catastrophic storms, that will not be the case. There is bound to be damage and heart ache for many people.

Almost always, when the storm is over and those who have experienced the destruction such storms can bring, will say they will be okay as long as they have their family. All the material things they have can be replaced and they will recover and move on.

As a child, I lived through a tornado that did a great deal of damage to the property on the farm where I was raised. Thankfully, we did not lose our home or any family members. We always had a designated area in our basement to go when the storms came up, so we were safe, but many of the outbuildings did not survive.  As was the case with those folks I mentioned above, the storm passed and my family slowly rebuilt what they had lost.

The sun did come out again, the rains came and watered the crops and the world went on exactly as it had before.  Through their faith in God’s unconditional love, my family believed there was hope for another day, week, month and year as God has promised us in Luke 1:78 – God’s love and kindness will shine upon us like the sun that rises in the sky.

The clouds are building as I finish this blog and the sky is getting darker, but I am certain God will provide for us and the sun will come out tomorrow. Thanks be to God!

Submitted by Patti a week ago