I woke up yesterday to find our beautiful Bradford tree had been struck by lightning. Now from the trunk to the top, it was laying down in our yard and driveway. This tree is really not ours , it is part of our condo subdivision's, however it shaded our front living space , birds played in it and I liked it. It was a shelter for our bird bath , where the robins bathed. By the way, the bird bath was unshakable and had not been moved one bit.

My first words to my husband were "oh no and WHY my tree". Then I begin to think how silly to ask WHY about a tree, thank the Lord it didn't fall inside our home. But as I was reminded from Pastor's sermon Sunday night, there are times in our lives when the question WHY is very real. The loss of a job, loved one, relationship problems and unexpected illness are WHY's. There no real answers to the WHYS. We as Christians can only believe that God is God and He can help us through the WHY's with His word.

And then there was the bird bath, it was unshakable. Standing firm right in the middle of the storm. I want to stand firm in life's storm and I know I can only do that with God's help.

This Sunday , Pastor will be sharing from 1 Timothy 2. Being July 4th weekend, Pastor will be sharing some patriotic quotes in his sermon. Pastor loves history and sometimes incorporates history quotes in his sermons.

I love these:

In 1777, the Continental Congress voted to spend $300,000 to purchase Bibles for distribution in the nation.

President Ronald Regan states: "If we ever forget that we are "One Nation, under God",. then we will be on a nation gone under."

Come join us Sunday to be a part of something good and exciting!