Tuesday; September 27

This year has been a pretty quiet hurricane season – at least so far. Unless I am forgetting something, the mainland of the United States has been spared a significant storm and even though there have been some storms in the Caribbean, it has been a pretty moderate season. Now, having said that, this week is promising to bring a significant storm to the southland of the U.S. coast. We can be thankful for how things have gone through most of the hurricane season, but some of our friends and neighbors need to keep an eye on the tropics.

Each year I am fascinated by the storm season. I track storms as they spin out in the Atlantic or the Gulf. I plot coordinates, look at forecasts and watch as these freaks of nature seem to take on a life of their own. Maybe it is because I spent a lot of my growing-up years in Florida, but I also believe that one of the reasons that I am fascinated by these powerful storms is because it reminds me of the nature of God. Not only does it remind me of the reliability of nature (these storms continually pop up in the summer and fall, thus showing the consistency of God’s creation), but it gives me a small glimpse into the power of God. He is created nature and if He has the ability to create something as powerful as a hurricane, just imagine what else He can do. Yet, maybe the thing that I am most impressed with comes from a storm of biblical proportions. When Jesus’ disciples faced a life-threatening storm, “… He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Hush, be still.’ And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.” (Mark 4:39).

As we watch the latest storm develop this week, let’s remember the power and the presence of God. When the storms of life blow, He has the ability to bring peace.

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