The quietness after the storm

This phrase has been used poetically many times, but it describes a very real phenomenon. I am sitting at the table in our kitchen this morning, looking out at the aftermath of the thunderstorm that just passed through. The violence is gone and there is a complete stillness over the landscape. What a blessing that our kind heavenly Father gives us periods of stillness after the stresses and tumults of our life so that we can heal and reflect.