Caught by Surprise!

A sudden hail storm

swooshed through our valley

yesterday afternoon.

The guys working on our house construction

ran around frantically

covering saws with tarps

and throwing tools into truck cabs

before dashing into the house

drenched and laughing.

It was over nearly as quickly as it began.

Moments later,

as I stepped outside

into a sparkly wonderland

under a handful of small puffy white clouds

and amazingly brilliant blue skies,

my senses became overwhelmed

with the pungently sweet aroma

of sage.

The delightful fragrance

caught me by surprise.

"When the day of Pentecost had come,

they were all together in one place.

"And suddenly there came from heaven

a noise like a violent rushing wind,

and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

"And there appeared to them tongues as of fire

distributing themselves,

and they rested on each one of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak with other tongues,

as the Spirit was giving them utterance."

~Acts 2:1-4

"Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe;

and many wonders and signs

were taking place through the apostles."

~Acts 2:43