We can enjoy this display now as adults, sitting in the safety of a home, because experience has taught us that as ominous-sounding as those thunder-bells may be...we're going to be okay.
For little ones though, it still takes some reassurance that a big, loud sound is not going to hurt them. One of the little grandchildren who often pitter-patter around our studio recently blurted out, with a fresh-faced honesty, "I'm afraid when I hear thunder."
After some tender, heartfelt discussion and reassurance, this little one was given an ANCHOR to hold onto and to SAY OUT LOUD over circumstances that try to make her be afraid. It was this powerful passage from the Bible.
"When I am afraid, I will TRUST in you."
We thought we'd pass this little anchor on to you all today. We dressed it up in a cantaloupe-colored, patterned background. You may be all over the fear of thunder, but still find yourself facing a lightening storm of sorts in your life. God's Word is just as powerful for you, just as reassuring for you, as it is for a little granddaughter. It's because these words are living and active. These words change things. But you're going to have to SAY them to activate them in your life.
So, print out this little art expression and hang it up somewhere today, so you can use it to speak to your storms, or your challenges. You're going to love the way TRUST drowns out fear.
Trusting,
The Velvet Lime Girls
