I drove home through a lightning storm last night. Quite a gorgeous sight, I must say. It really made me think about this passage...

Elijah 19:11-12
"... Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper."

As I drove in awe of the power of God, I couldn't help but remember that no matter how powerful God is, He is gentle, loving, and compassionate. As a God that controls all things and is in all things, God caused all those crazy things to happen as Elijah watched on the mountains and yet God was in none of them. He was in the gentle whisper.