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