Good Thursday morning! We are glad to see this morning arrive. What an evening we had around here yesterday. My neighbors suffered a flooded basement when the street beside their house overflowed, the next street over filled up completely with runoff, and I'm sure there are many more small disasters in town that will come to light this morning. After years of drought, we now have serious problems with water erosion! The city crews are in the area daily putting the alleys back where they belong and the rains still come. The response of friends and neighbors to one of these small disasters is wonderful to see. We had buckets, shovels, pumps, adults, children, squeegees (sp?), brooms, wet vacs, and one rather upset puppy in the mix last night... and everyone got rather soaked to boot. The city workers came by to help channel the runoff away from the basement and the police showed up to stop the looky-loos from splashing water up into the yard.
My neighbor is ready to move; at least she was last night. As we all know how much of a pain moving is, we can be sure that she is pretty distraught. We all want to live in a house that we can count on; no disasters please! However, over time all of us will face, or have faced, a home on this earth that just isn't as secure and trouble-free as we would like. I could list a bunch of household disasters, but you already know what they are. You probably know some of them from personal experience. We don't live in a secure world. Will giving your life to Christ stop the problems and disasters? We also know that won't happen in this life. This morning it is still rainy and misty around here. We may get more rain today, but our houses are not standing in feet of water as some communities have experienced. God does see us through the disasters in this life.
I hear the local weather prognosticator struggling to find some hope for us in his forecast for today. The conditions are much the same as yesterday. The tests in this life often have less to do with our own strength than the strength that God gives us to endure. You and I cannot run out and stop a thunderstorm. We can pray, we can endure, and sometimes we can pitch in with cleanup after the storm passes. The city trucks and loaders are cleaning up streets right now. The funny thing is that in order to get the gravel and dirt out of the streets...we could use a good rain. :-) Maybe we'll just drive over the detritus for while.
Have faith in God. No matter how chaotic it looks outside, God is still in charge.
Bucky
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