Earthquakes and Richter scales

For the past two weeks, the occurrence of earthquakes has been returning to me. The first was a project in my sign language class. I was teamed up with two other classmates to do a presentation on the earthquakes that happened over the past year. Then I took my kids to Pigeon Forge for the weekend, and we saw the "Earthquake" ride in Gatlinburg and just HAD to ride it (by the way...it proved to be too disturbing for little kids). The following day we spent hours at Wonderworks which is an indoor playground for the mind. There's actually a "game" you play with your mind -- using EEG(?) waves -- and now my son KNOWS he's a jedi. But, back to the earthquake theme, there's an actual earthquake simulator where you sit in a cafe booth and all of a sudden you experience what appears to be an earthquake. So we get back to Murfreesboro and I have class that night for sign language, and once again, my professor talks about earthquakes. Okay, God. What's the deal here? So I did what I seem to be doing a lot these days. I asked Him, "Lord, what's the significance of these earthquakes? What are you trying to show me?"
Well it just so happened that when I got back to town from my wonderful weekend with the kids, I had a disturbing letter waiting for me from someone in my past. I read it and started feeling the shakes,quakes, and tremors. I spent time thinking, praying, seeking how to deal with it, and after the Lord and I spent some serious time together on it, I knew what to do. Once my decision was made, the Lord spoke to me again. He said, "About those earthquakes...did you notice that a year or two ago, this issue would have caused you to experience the equivalent to an 8 on the Richter scale, but because you are trusting me and working on getting healthy, it's more like a 2 now?" Ahhh... I see. Indeed even a 8 months ago, I was falling apart, feeling the effects of a mighty emotional earthquake, but look at me now. I don't crumble and fall apart. Yes, people and circumstances - the enemy - throw some mighty hurtful and hard things at me, but it's not devastating me anymore. I'm growing, learning and leaning on Him. And every day I'm getting stronger and stronger. So, now I don't fear or dread the earthquakes as much, they don't shake my foundation, but instead they help me realize I'm unshaken.