Life has storms, full stop.  Storms can be health challenges, financial mishaps, relational pitfalls, unexpected crisis & lots more.  As much as I’d like to storm-proof my life, this doesn’t seem to be a realistic option for me, despite my best efforts.  So here are some pointers that are helping me & might be useful to you as well:

• Focus grasshopper – let’s keep our eyes on Jesus because there’s no storm that He cannot calm and disperse
• Watch the Clock – this too will pass because storms have an end no matter how long it seems
• Guard the Gates – a storm on the outside doesn’t mean that it has to come into your heart
• Eat your Spinach – storms are great opportunities to strengthen your faith;  indeed, it seems to me that my faith doesn’t strengthen in serenity as well as it does under stress #selah

Feel free to pass this to your friends & family who might be in a storm & happy Monday to you!