Storms

Inspired by adversity.  

     My mother is from a tiny chain of coral atolls called Kiribati.  The islands run along the equator and are just a few feet above sea level.  Sometimes storms at sea would wash ashore curious objects and resources that their tiny islands could not provide.  In one such case, a tempest carried large logs of hardwood trees to their shores.  They praised the storm for the blessing and used the wood to build a meeting house.  Life's storms bring us great blessings that we could receive no other way, as long as we can gain the perspective to see it.