Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 29, 2010
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In some of the storms of life, God intervenes and shelters us. In others, He allows us to be exposed so that we will be pressed more closely to Him.
                
                    
                        Opening illustration:	Whether we are reading the daily paper, listening to the radio, or watching TV, the news is filled with what one might call the fruits of discouragement and even despair. Life is like a continuous newsreel showing the futile actions of people trying to live without a biblical
                        
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