As the wind blows, I hear whispers floating by telling me what is coming. I stand there watching the trees sway back and forth. The sky seems to be getting dark as the white clouds scramble to out of the way for the black clouds that are coming. I look above me and wonder just what is coming for us. What does it have in mind?
I don't understand why the whispers are not telling what is coming. I whisper back asking them "What is coming"?, but they just keep saying the same thing over and over again. Soon I would find out for myself what it is that they are telling me about. Would I be able to take in the vision or would I scream and run.
I look around me and find no animals near by. They must know from the whispers what is coming and decided to hide so that they would not have to look at what is coming. The winds seem to be blowing a little stronger now, but why? I look in the distance to see if there is shelter, but the sku is making the scenery look dark around me.
I try to focus and finally see a small building. The building looks old and shaggy made from wood. I notice the door standing open and run for it. As I am running, it starts to rain hard and it is cold. I try to look ahead of me again but the rain is falling so heavily that I can hardly see where I am going. I try to move forward, but the ground is so wet the dirt is trying to grab my feet. I try again and with great effort I manage to move. As the wind blows in my face, I stumble on with lots of strength and hopes of alot of courage to keep me going.
As I push myself forward, I look around to see what is in front of me. I am still far from the shelter and still I stumble to get there. I stop for a moment to gain some strength and wonder to myself why it is so hard to reach where I am going. Maybe is is because I want it so bad that I would do anything to get there. Maybe this is a test to see what kind of strength and courage I have.
If I make it there, everyone will know just how much I have or will they? Or will they just turn their heads and look the other way? I will never know if I don't make it to where I am going. I notice that I am getting closer to my goal and feel the sudden wave run through my body. With each step I manage to get closer with hopes that I will be there soon.
I look ahead of me and see that I am only about 20 feet away from the shelter. The wind is still blowing hard, and the whispers have changed. The whispers are now telling me "I told you it was coming, you should have listened and you didn't. Now you must pay the price for being there!!" I stare ahead and wonder why I should have to pay the price? They didn't tell me soon enough for me to run. Now that I am close to shelter, I start running so that I can be free from the wind, the rain, and all the whispers that are around me.
Finally I made it into the building and a sigh of relief passes me by. I lean up against the nearest wall to rest. I wonder to myself just how long this storm will last. Will the storm be here for a long time or is it just passing by to torment me? Soon I will find out and then I will have my answer. Maybe there will be a rainbow when the storm is done tormenting all that living things that are out in the open like I was.
Just think, you can be out there in a storm like that and wonder if you will ever get out. When the time comes you will think of everything that you have done in your life. You will then wonder what you should have done differently and can't. When life does give you a test you will know and then question it "What is this test for?" Then when it just whispers back the same thing over and over again, you will then know that you are headed for a big test. This is when you need to put all your strength and courage to the test. |
