Two Steps Forward and One Step Back
If you live in the United States, especially east of the Mississippi, you probably had some pretty nasty weather in the past week.
Here in the Midwest near Milwaukee, we had some rain and then a little bit of snow. The picture shows just a tiny bit on the deck yesterday. (You do have to look closely.)
This morning the deck was covered in white, but it was gone before I thought to take another picture.
So what? This isn’t news anymore. Why bother writing about it?
Here’s my point.
Those of us near Milwaukee had no right to complain about a smattering of the white stuff while folks in Illinois were getting golf ball sized hail, people in Texas were being threatened by tornadoes, and citizens elsewhere dealt with some mean straight line winds.
Here’s my other point.
God says more than once (and I’m paraphrasing here) that, if you don’t like the weather, it’s because you’re not listening to him. Check it out.
But that’s all Old Testament stuff from long, long ago. That doesn’t apply today, does it? He wouldn’t do that today, would he?
Why not? What was a good sign back then can work just the same way today. We’re not so different from people back then as you might think. Generally speaking, God doesn’t talk to us directly through people (prophets) anymore. Why shouldn’t he use nature as a way to get the attention especially of those who don’t read or listen to the Bible?
Pay attention to the weather in more ways than one. You might respond differently the next time you get precipitation or winds you don’t like.
Related tag: I’ve wondered if thunder is the actual voice of God more often than we know but we just can’t understand it. That’s not as weird as it first sounds, if you know your Bible.
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