Shelter in the Storm

[391 words] A young man named Gus was taking a walk through the English countryside one day in 1753 when a sudden storm swept across the landscape. Running for cover, he spotted a wide rock formation with an opening where he sought shelter until the storm passed. He had been fortunate to find this hiding place so quickly, and he began to muse on the connection between his shelter and God’s help in life’s storms. As he contemplated this scenario, the words for a poem began to form in his mind, but he had no paper on which to write them. Looking down on the floor of the cave-like structure, he saw a playing card—considered a sinful thing by the young cleric. Nevertheless, he picked it up and began to formulate his thoughts and write them on the card. Sometime later, the life of the writer of those words, Augustus…