My heart goes out to my fellow Alabamians.
(yes I just made that word up)
Being from the Tennessee Mountains I have never had to deal with tornadoes.
Man has this year been a surprise with the annoying sirens going off every day.
I just cannot get over the power that the tornado has.
The hundred mile and hour wind.
The hugee diameter.
The sucking tunnel.
It baffles me to see something that humans have no control over.
Now a days we can get basically anything we want.
Knowledge at the tip of our finger tips.
Any type of food.
Travelling all over the world.
We can control technology, human wills, and basically anything else in society.
But nature is one thing we have Absolutely No Control Over.
It just brings my mind back to the Lord
and how he has complete power over our lives.
People now a days think they don't need him
because they can take care of things themselves.
But guess what, you can't.
Storms and natural disasters bring us to our knees.
It reminds us that we need the Lords power, safety, comfort, and strength.
It reminds me of a little storie.
In Mark 4:35-41
" That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, 'Let us go over to the other side.'
Leaving the crowd behind them,they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.
There were also other boats with him.
A furious squall [storm] came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.
The disciples woke him and said to him,'Teacher, don't you care if we drown?'
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves,
'Quiet! Be Still!'
The the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples,
Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
Incredible.
So heres a recap Jesus and his friends were on a boat.
A HUGE storm came upon them.
Where was Jesus... SLEEPING!!
His friends freaked out and woke him up.
What did Jesus do?
Stood up and said be quiet.
Seriously it gives me chills.
Thinking back to tonight and all the storms I try to imagine...
First if I were on a boat instead a huge steardy building.
I would have been 1otimes more scared!
Second if someone was trying to sleep through not only the storm but the freakouts of hundreds of girls. seriously pretty impossible.
Finally I think of all the pictures of the huge funnel clouds and tornadoes.
Jesus just stood up in from of them and said
"BE STILL."
Our. God. Is. So. Powerful.
He not only can control the powerful winds outside your life.
But also the powerful winds inside your life.
Don't Ever Forget That!
Nothing is too big for our God!
To the families and friends that lost loved ones today I pray that you just cling to the Lord in your time of need.
With Love From My Father,
Diane Elizabeth
