Twelve months ago we were watching mesmerized in front of our T.V. screens as Hurricane Sandy made landfall at Breezy Point and for a full day chewed to pieces the eastern seaboard of America.
Since then the story of it's ferocity and destruction has been told and retold countless times.
Prevalent among the questions asked is why God allowed this disaster to happen. If Jesus could still the waves and calm the storm why did He not intervene and tell Sandy( be it "he" or "she") to go somewhere else?.
For this question we have no answer.
However, if the winds be in His Fists, as indeed they are, it behooves us to venerate Him as Lord of all Creation and find our shelter and refuge in Him alone.
My mother, when German bombs were raining down around our house in WW2, would calmly read:
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my Fortress: my God in Him will I trust" Psalm 91
That's a thousand times better than putting trust in Insurance Companies who, a year after the disaster, have only honored 12 % of their claims.
Ian
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