Words in the Windstorm
by Audrey Frank @AudreyCFrank Have windy words no limit? Or what provokes you that you keep on talking? (Job 16:3, NRSV) The wind along the shore was relentless. We were vacationing on a narrow barrier island off the shore of North Carolina, a wild and uninhabited place, its rustic cabins offering a view of the sea in front and grassy inlets behind. The constant, untamed wind gave our getaway a sense of thrill and adventure for the first two days. By the third morning, however, we were battered and weary. We could not hear each other speak over the howling. We could not easily walk along the beach against its pummeling. We certainly could not build a fire or grill out. We could not relax outside. Discouraged, we withdrew indoors while the wind howled on relentlessly. On the fourth day, we asked the Lord to calm the wind. And that is exactly what He did. At first, when we ventured back outside, we didn�t realize what exactly had happened. We noticed something was different. Lookin...