Officially, on the calendar, Spring (with a capital S) is little over a month away. But if you have been by any of the big discount stores, you would think it is time to plant any and everything. The weather on Friday and Saturday were surely harbingers of the solstice to come, but the scattering of all types of weather on Sunday (thunder, wind, and hail) and Monday (rain, sleet, and snow and still the wind) were reminders that we exist in a world that we truly have no control over. The earthquakes are just a huge manifestation of that truth.
Weather is random, it seems, but we continue to forecast and attempt to out maneuver it when we can.
The planning for a natural disaster is not different than the planning for a disaster in a relationship, or a physical, medical or mental disaster. We can plan and calculate, but until the event takes place we really can't be sure we are ready enough.
The thing about all this uncertainty is this, we can be ready by realizing that we must be flexible. Being flexible is following the instructions of the Bible to not hold on tightly to things of this world, and that may even include our own or a loved ones' life. I'm not saying we should just go through life with an attitude that nothing matters because it will all be blown away, washed away or burned. I believe we should be so attached to Christ that when the random storm of the Spring of life or the blizzard of aging hits, we are able to hang on in the gale, not because of our solid rock foundation, but because of our lives being knotted to the cross of the one who died for us. So that in the storm instead of getting washed off the rock, we will flap in the wind, a flag of victory, as a witness to all who see of Christ who holds us in all things.
Peace my friends.
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