{"id":73,"date":"2008-10-15T12:14:06","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troyjohnstone.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/the-relatively-small-power-of-storms\/"},"modified":"2010-03-18T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T16:58:11","slug":"the-relatively-small-power-of-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/troyjohnstone.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/the-relatively-small-power-of-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"The relatively small power of storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Storms. Raw power. Beautiful. Potentially destructive. Scary.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Approaching Darkness by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2926964074\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3156\/2926964074_47c7f2086f.jpg\" alt=\"Approaching Darkness\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the awe inspiring power of a summer storm, they are as nothing to the power of the Creator of the whole universe.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Passing Storm by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2915387720\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3265\/2915387720_1611f1befa.jpg\" alt=\"Passing Storm\" width=\"500\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Storm &amp; Silo by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2914545331\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3138\/2914545331_fd3bab2822.jpg\" alt=\"Storm &amp; Silo\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know that the LORD is great,<br \/>\nthat our Lord is greater than all gods.<br \/>\nThe LORD does whatever pleases him,<br \/>\nin the heavens and on the earth,<br \/>\nin the seas and all their depths.<br \/>\nHe makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;<br \/>\nhe sends lightning with the rain<br \/>\nand brings out the wind from his storehouses.<br \/>\n<span>Psalm 135:5-7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ominous by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2918002653\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3238\/2918002653_07f0517e33.jpg\" alt=\"Ominous\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And God said, &#8220;This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:  I have set my <span>rainbow<\/span> in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span>Genesis 9:12-16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Heavens Opened by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2914619457\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3105\/2914619457_319e229e3c.jpg\" alt=\"The Heavens Opened\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His lightning lights up the world;<br \/>\nthe earth sees and trembles.<br \/>\nThe mountains melt like wax before the LORD,<br \/>\nbefore the Lord of all the earth.<br \/>\nThe heavens proclaim his righteousness,<br \/>\nand all the peoples see his glory.<br \/>\n<span>Psalm 97:4-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rainbows by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2918850484\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3260\/2918850484_8c2ea5bcc1.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbows\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like the appearance of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.troyandnaomi.com\/2007\/07\/just-look-at-rainbow.html\">rainbow<\/a> in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.<br \/>\nThis was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Promise Made by Troy And Naomi, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troyandnaomi\/2947127874\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3138\/2947127874_f79d91c9d9.jpg\" alt=\"A Promise Made\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storms. Raw power. Beautiful. Potentially destructive. Scary. Despite the awe inspiring power of a summer storm, they are as nothing to the power of the Creator of the whole universe. 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