It was a dark and stormy night . . . .

My four-year-old son and I left the church building after the Wednesday night devotional, and I was buckling him into his car seat. Lightning suddenly flashed seemingly right around us and we both thought it was spectacular.

I leaned in close to him, and we listened intently to the thunder. As if sharing a secret, I said in a quiet voice, "The lightnings report to God when He calls them and they say, 'Yes sir, here we are.' And God says, 'Go there,' and they go. Now that is how big and powerful God is. The lightning does what He tells it to do."

My son sat there for a few seconds and then he said, "I can't wait to see how big God is!"

God asked Job about lightning because He wanted Job to see how big He is . He is big enough to control the universe and to be our constant, faithful companion in a torrential downpour of grief.

He was not just big. God was near.

We yearn for a glimpse of God's glory. May we never lose that sense of anticipation so sincerely and so simply expressed by my son . . ."I can't wait to see how big God is!"