Have you seen the storm from the east?
The fiercest storm that when it blows,
the ground shakes and the pebbles and the leaves fly off from the trees.
A mighty storm which when it blows, the force of the wind carries the water through
and spreads it across the land.
Nobody will dare to defy it!
None will have the strength to push back its force.
It moves freely without hindrance and destroys everything on its path.
It comes without an invitation and on fertile land; it ravages the crops and makes the whole land desolate.
When all the necessary ingredients and the soil are gone, then the wind will cease from its wrath.
Surely, the same can be said of the tribulations that cleave to the children of God. It gives his proponents, no chance of resilience; from the least to the great.
Tribulations comes like a wind, sweeps the ground and laughs as it passes through the plain.
The time will come when the children of the Father will have their rest, from all works.
But in such wilderness, tribulations will come as the wind.
Seasons of tribulations, such great distress that makes man's heart grow colder.
The weak runs and cuddles in fear, the strong may resist for a while ; before gradually retreating in due season.
In such a way the Lord uses it to test His children; He breaks down and tears apart the coverings; unveils the heart.
He removes the shrubs and dead leaves,
and waits for the harvest.
The wind will certainly come back but for the children of the Father, it will be glorious. He will stand out from the rest and will shine like a star.
He will have no blemish but seen in his light. Like a final molding by the Great Sculptor; the final story of the Magnificent Author; the final craft of the Peculiar Blacksmith.
The Father will surely finish his work,
his work that he began beforehand the foundation of the world.
~excerpt from North and South Gate:a tale of two voices.
