Lightning and Thunder!

Hello and welcome to serious once again with Joe Cabalka. Tonight, Keith, Matt, Matt's friends John and Erik, and myself all were sitting around at home. We had just finished watching Deal or No Deal and laughing a bunch. In the middle we decided to have some tea and I think that set Matt off. He went crazy after the show and began giving us the "after show" which included him losing both legs, his fingers made into a ring stuck together and then magically unstuck, a show of how he could transfer a finger back and forth from one hand to the next and we all joined him for a beautiful rendition of Somewhere over the rainbow, ukulele style. Afterwards we needed to do something. I stood up because I was going to leave, with or without anyone else, i wanted to go see the amazing lightning that had been going on the entire night! Everyone jumped at the opportunity to leave Matt's magic tricks behind.

We first needed to pick up Matt's sweatshirt he had left at the Conklins. We decided to try and get it without them knowing what we were doing. I was the distractor and marched in demanding a piece of cheese cake. The other four pulled off a screen and Matt crawled on the floor under a blanket to pick up his sweatshirt. I enjoyed my cheese cake and matt got his sweatshirt, a successful mission. We jumped back into the car and drove off toward Avila. We decided to go near Pirate's cove. We drove and parked and hiked and survived! We walked through the tunnel to the cliff and all sat on the edge to watch the lightning and listen for distant thunder coming from somewhere over the Arroyo Grande area.

As I sat and watched the beauty of God's creation, I saw such power and heard the effects of what was going on. The thunder was faint but still in the background, at times being covered up by the waves crashing below. Is the power that we have in Christ Jesus equivilant or greater than this power? If God was able to have such power strike from the heavens to earth, then why could he not have this same kind of power in each one of our lives. What does that look like? I think at times, i see it in my own and others lives. Not because of what we have done but because of what God is doing through us. A flash of God's power comes forth from somewhere and I don't have enough time to see the actual power but I hear or see the effects of that power that God displays in others lives. What must God see even more when He can see everything. When people accept Christ into their lives, He must see huge flashes and effects from those in amazing ways. I want to have God's power and I want others to see/hear my thunder. God, how does this happen? How do you provide power and why? How could I deserve such power in my life. You daily give power through allowing us to live and live rightly. Thank you God!
I'm Out.
-Joe C.