Typhoon Haiyan. An evil wind.

An old English saying goes:

"It's an ill wind that does not blow somebody some good."

But looking at the scenes of devastation that are emerging from the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan must surely be classified as an "Ill wind."

It roared in from the Western Pacific and coincided its landfall with the commencement of the Climate Change Summit in Poland.

This prompted the anguished plea from a delegate that 'The Powers- That-Be' must do something about climate change right NOW before there is another disaster.

This puts me in mind of the story of the crisis in Ant World.

 Jumbo the elephant would choose a path to the river that crossed the high rise apartments of ant city. They had been stomped on too many times and so a conference was called. It was decided that ten million or so ants would hang on a branch overlooking the jungle path, swarm on Jumbo as he passed beneath the tree and take him down.

However,the next day, as the elephant passed under the branch he raised his trunk, trumpeted and blew all the ants back to the ground. 
Apart from one. This single ant was seen clinging to a fold of skin on Jumbo's neck. Whereupon, with single voice, every ant screamed:

"Strangle him. Strangle him."

Which brings me back to the tearful plea of the conference delegate.  His "DO SOMETHING NOW" is like the "STRANGLE HIM" from ant world.

It fails to recognize that God's Hand is on the thermostat of climate, not ours, and what He expects of us is to "Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly before Him" and leave the temperature controls to Him.

Jubilate 

Ian