Protection During Storm

I would like to tell of God’s protection that we experienced recently. We had a storm (called a nor’easter in the North Eastern United States), which was a severe storm with lots of snow and heavy winds. Prior to the storm everyone in the church was asked to watch and pray in order to handle the weather, and pray that it not be destructive, but that God’s will be done. Everybody did pray.

As a background, my wife and I live in an area that is heavily forested. There are hills right next to our house which have very large old trees. Some are nearly 100 feet tall. This part of New Jersey is referred to as the last of the great Eastern forest. These are beautiful, magnificent trees. A couple of those trees are actually fairly close to our house.

During that storm, as we were home praying and doing God’s work, one of those very large trees came down. However, it did not fall down the hill toward our house where it would have hit our house. It came down at an angle alongside the edge of the hill, where it caused no damage at all. It did not make any sense logically that it would fall in that direction, except that it was clearly God’s protection. Even though several trees in our yard came down, our house was unharmed entirely as a result of that storm. We were able to carry on and do what God had for us to do.

This was a wonderful example of God’s protection when we trust in Him for our safety.