Gales buffet the house, bending trees and branches and
carrying small birds off course. The sun is shining but with that wild wind – I
wouldn’t call it a beautiful day.
But my husband just did, and he pointed out that the wind is
drying the garage and fields, melting the snow and ice, and restoring a balance
to the earth. So, I guess I shouldn’t complain.
Of course I shouldn’t complain. This is the day that the Lord
has made, and he knows why we need winds like this to preserve the eco-system.
I have heard sad news over these last few days. News of a
young woman, studying to be a doctor, stricken with cancer for the second time
in a few years, this one triggered by the chemo she received to kill the first
cancer attack. News of another young woman, age 27, killed in a car accident. One
of my cousins, aged 57, is on his deathbed with cancer he’s fought for a couple
of decades.
I don’t understand why such terrible things happen. Why God
doesn’t intervene in every pending tragedy and prevent it. It’s not the same as
the winds and the eco-system, which is part of God’s design, though perhaps
there is a possible parallel. Natural disasters are occurring more frequently
now, as pollution perverts and changes the way it was meant to be.
Sin has perverted the way God intended humanity to live, and
we live with the consequences. We live in a fallen world, and in that fallen
world, bad things happen, things that God never intended to happen.
Wild winds blow in every life. We don’t understand. We do
know that God stands beside us, weeps with us, comforts us by the power of his
Holy Spirit, and strengthens us.
We do have a hope which is sure, that one day God will wipe
away every tear, and that he will re-create the earth so that it is exactly as
he intended it to be. Thanks to the price Jesus paid on the cross.
All creation groans in anticipation of that glorious day.
Come, Lord Jesus.
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