Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Hilo.



I learned so much during what I dubbed the "Hawaii Ordeal” Thinking it might be creative to call it "Hurricane Hilo", as it was a storm and it was a big one.  And it was in Hilo.  Lessons learned from Hurricane Hilo.  

What I plan to do is number the lessons, starting with Lesson #1.  They won't be prioritized for significance.  I won't put them in chronological order.  I simply want to number them to keep track of how many lessons I learned and then to - one day- take all those lessons and begin to assemble the book I intend to write.  

I hope there are a few readers out there who will hold me accountable.  Those who might nudge me if too much time lapses between posts.  "Hey, haven't seen anything new on your blog for awhile!"  Readers who might post some comments to encourage me and challenge me.  Always good to have challenges.  Perhaps you will challenge a point I make or relate your own take on a lesson learned.  I have a lot to learn, even from the lessons learned!

So, today marks the beginning of Lessons Learned from Hurricane Hilo.  I will start my numbering in my next post.  I plan to post regularly.  For sure 4 times a week.  You can't write a book unless you write, you know.  Not sure that any followers will read that often, but you can stop by and pick up where you left off.  The path will be marked clearly with numbered lessons.  

We all have storms.  Life blindsides us.  Sometimes we get warning of a storm brewing.  Sometimes they hit us so unexpectedly that we lie in amazement- how did we end up on the floor?  What was that that just hit?  Sometimes, God sends us into a storm with intention.  Sometimes we end up amid a storm that was partly our making.  Sometimes this fallen world shows it's imperfections and we end up innocent victims of the ravages of the brokenness of this life.  

No matter how we find ourselves in a storm, there is One who is with us IN the storm.  A teacher, a guide, a protector, a counselor, a king, and, best of all, a Savior!   For those who believe in the saving name of Jesus Christ, the worst that can happen to us in a storm is that we are sent Home.  Home with a capital H.  Eternal life means life never ends.  It changes, yes.  But it goes on...

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