i have a love affair with the sea, in all its moods. i suppose this comes from my being from a landlocked country, and from my never having been actually ON it. Warnambool, in Victoria on the south-eastern edge of Australia, has a beautiful coastline, and about as much ocean as anyone would want.. And there was a lovely storm when I went to visit, which is what the pic above would show if you could get a real picture of rain and wind. It was lovely....

The Lord knows our struggle and will make our life an instrument in His hand if we will follow Him with an upright heart. He does make all things beautiful in His time if we are willing to be patient.(from a devotional by Os Hillman).

Well, life deals you torrid times, sometimes, and it might feel like you are in a storm; but just as the weather changes for the better, eventually, so does life; and just as you an appreciate beauty in the middle of a storm, so you can in the middle of the pain life can bring.