Thursday; December 11

I like thumbing through those “This Day In History” sites and periodically I will find something I’d like to share.  Interestingly, as I was doing that for December 11, I found two diverse events that happened on the same date.  On December 11, 1905 a temperature of 120 in Rivadavia, Argentina was recorded and is believed by some to have set the record high for all of South America.  On December 11, 1932 San Francisco experienced its coldest day on record with a temperature of 27 degrees (and snow).  I don’t know if these factoids are going to change the course of anyone’s life; but I did find it kind of neat that the two extremes happened on the same date. 

Now, while these events are conceivable on their own, I believe that together they can lead us to an interesting observation about the nature of God … or maybe, more accurately, the God of nature.  You see, in God’s earthly creation, He spun into existence a planet that had two hemispheres.  The northern hemisphere experiences cooler temperatures in the winter while the southern hemisphere is warmer during that season – then the converse was true as the seasons switched.  The warm reading in Argentina makes just as much sense as the cold in the Bay area.  This is the dependable nature of God’s creation!  He designed it, He established it and He sustains it.  Sure, we must have faith in God’s nature, but sometimes little things like this help reinforce our faith.  If our faith in the presence of the Lord starts to wane, all we have to do is book an ice fishing trip to North Dakota in the middle of winter or look at the thermometer in Onslow, West Australia where it was 123 degrees on January 13, 2022.  God is consistent – and so is His creation.

Think About It!

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