Sometimes, our plans don't work out perfectly. On Saturday, the 20th, we had a lightning storm that took out several electronic devices, including our modem and satellite.  It was almost like being back in the 1950's, except I was  reading on my Kindle.  When you cannot get on line, you cannot blog.  So, I didn't quit, I just hit a snag in the road.  That is the way it often is with the Christian life.  We are carrying out our plans, and then lightning strikes.  Sometimes we have very little warning that something is about to go wrong.  We may have gone through the same type situation before, and nothing bad happened. As His followers, we must never become complacent because things have always gone okay.  Even if we are cut off from many things we take for granted, as Christians we can never be cut off from God by any storm that comes our way.  Events may slow us down or limit us, but they can never defeat us if we are following God's will.  When our modem went out, we lost access to the internet, but it was still there.  If our faith in God wavers, He is still there, but we are not claiming all that He makes available to us.  When the storms come, that is when we need to our faith in God sustain us.  We must never let the storms defeat us.