Spring is not quite here yet in upstate New York...
It's an overcast day and a strong wind has been blowing nonstop. Earlier this morning, I heard on the news about dozens of powerful tornadoes rampaging through the south and the Midwest, while places like Minnesota and North Dakota have terrible flooding.
Approximately 600 square miles of Texas grasslands are being consumed by a seemingly unstoppable wildfire that has already killed one firefighter and destroyed hundreds of homes.
No doubt, many people are suffering now because of the effects of such bad weather. Almost two dozen have been killed and many more have been injured in these events. This is a fallen world and we're all subject to the whims of weather as well as other naturally occurring events such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Within minutes a home that a family has lived in, perhaps for decades, could be reduced to splinters or washed away in a flood.
Such tragedies, as sad as they are, serve to remind us that life is brief. Whatever possessions we own today, could be all gone by tomorrow. In an instant, anyone can be reduced to owning nothing more than the clothes he's wearing. Such is the uncertainty of life.
However, for those of us who have Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we can have full assurance by the word of God that we are destined to one day live in a heavenly city with a secure foundation whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:10).
D.B.
Approximately 600 square miles of Texas grasslands are being consumed by a seemingly unstoppable wildfire that has already killed one firefighter and destroyed hundreds of homes.
No doubt, many people are suffering now because of the effects of such bad weather. Almost two dozen have been killed and many more have been injured in these events. This is a fallen world and we're all subject to the whims of weather as well as other naturally occurring events such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Within minutes a home that a family has lived in, perhaps for decades, could be reduced to splinters or washed away in a flood.
Such tragedies, as sad as they are, serve to remind us that life is brief. Whatever possessions we own today, could be all gone by tomorrow. In an instant, anyone can be reduced to owning nothing more than the clothes he's wearing. Such is the uncertainty of life.
However, for those of us who have Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we can have full assurance by the word of God that we are destined to one day live in a heavenly city with a secure foundation whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:10).
D.B.
