storms
With neighborhoods flattened and dreams blown apart, the pictures are both devastating and shocking. It's awful. It’s hard to know what to say.
If I were to say anything, it would probably be something like this...
Life’s too short to take it for granted...
... we are promised no length to our days...
... we need to treat one another better and well.
(... we don’t always treat one another well.)
We never know from where life’s storms will come...
... we don’t know how strong they will be...
... some won’t be physical...
... and yet, man will never be stronger than the forces of nature.
(... do we ever think we’re stronger than nature?)
Here come the climate change claims...
... climate change, global warming, or insert the-most-politically-correct-up-to-date term here...
... there have been significantly fewer tornadoes in Oklahoma this year...
... the data always seems ambiguous...
... it also always omits any reference to a higher power...
... now is not the time for these claims.
Hopefully, too, the most important news stays the most important news...
... the destruction in the Sooner State is heartbreaking...
... the loss of life is paralyzing...
... especially the children...
... pause...
... the children.
Other current events remain significant...
... albeit paling in comparison...
... not even close...
... the overreach and abuse of the IRS...
... the overreach and abuse by the Department of Justice...
(... several are probably thankful for the diversion of the storms...)
Count your many blessings...
... name them one by one...
... count your many blessings...
... yes, see what God has done.
Yes, it’s hard to know what to say...
When all else crumbles to the ground, what will stand as our support?...
... what will we put our faith in?...
... will we put it in something that will actually last?
Or will we put it in something that can be flattened or God-forbid, blown away?
With prayers for those in the path of destruction...
... if I were to say anything...
Respectfully,
AR