We had no idea he/she was coming when we retired last evening. A banging outside made us aware that a house guest had arrived unannounced. The name is Hermine. Not knowing spanish very well I am not sure if this is male or female. Time will tell.
Hermine is a Tropical Storm with winds of 45 MPH. It is expected to find landfall below or around Brownsville and then sweep inland and up the coast bringing much-needed rain to our parched South Texas land. Crops are in, so there should be no threat to them. We should be aware that these storms have "minds" of their own and can decide they don't want to go ashore. They want to stay in the Gulf and grow into something bigger. I hope Hermine has no such wish.We do not have the storm, but the outer bands or disturbance that accompanies such a storm.
Storms in our lives have a way of coming just as quickly as Hermine. They are just as unpredictable when they come. Whether we are good or bad, young or old, rich or poor, makes no difference to a storm. It simply comes and hits whatever is in it's path. Our prayer is something like the one expressed in this old song: "When the storms of life are raging, stand by me.When the storms of life are raging, stand by me. When the waves are tossing me like a ship upon the sea. Thou, the Ruler of the waters, stand by me."
