The Lightning Storm

If you live in the St. Louis area it's possible you saw this lightning for yourself. But if not here's a taste of what we experienced...without the wind, rain and thunder. :)

It started with short sprout-bursts of lightning.

I call this one "the devil's pitchfork."

And this one..."the clothesline."

I've not seen lightning do what it was doing tonight...moving horizontal and just spreading across the sky like this...it was AMAZING!

And, finally, my favorite of the night.

Psalm 97:4 "His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled."

I rather enjoy lightening storms...I enjoy watching them and I enjoy photographing them. When I see something like I saw tonight it's not hard for me at all to know that THERE IS A GOD. David was right...His lightnings enlightened the world...the WHOLE sky lights up and it causes a dark night to look like daytime.

Mostly lightning occurs when there is a storm coming, turbulent weather and unstable pressure. Yet it's during these times that God displays such beauty. Romans says that the invisible things of God can be seen in His visible creation. This helps me understand that during my worst storms, my most turbulent situations where pressure causes instability that God can "flash" in and briefly illuminate an otherwise dark and looming landscape.

Lightning reminds me that there is a God in heaven who controls the weather...it also reminds me there is a God in heaven who controls my situations.