I awoke Sunday morning to blowing snow. The road was covered, so was the car. Winter had reared its ugly head. It was so spring-like Saturday but as I looked out the window my hopes were dashed.

I find that life has a way of doing the exact same thing.

You turn a corner and trouble hits you broad side. But why are we surprised by this? I think it is because we believe that life should be better than it is.

There is a reason why we think this way but that’s another story. Like it or not, storms come, cancer storms, financial storms, difficult relationships. Jesus warned us in John chapter 16 verse 33 that it would be this way and He was right, but He also said, “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Whatever we face in life, we can find an anchor in the One, who long ago, spoke, and the storm was stilled.