365 WORDS...ONE WORD AT A TIME...MAY...WINDING DOWN!

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the Moore tornado.  Very sad for those who lost loved ones especially children. It seems that more and more we measure time and dates by DISASTERS. It is wonderful that the children of today have so many learning tools and electronic technology that those of us who are older never could have even imagined. the downside of that fact though is those same children will never know a time of peace and tranquility and the joys and freedom of just being a child. Before we learned there were bad people in the world, before we had to lock our doors, before there were so many DISASTERS. To those of us who spent much of week in church...two long services on Sunday, Bible study two times on Tuesday or Wednesdays, choir rehearsal, or drama rehearsal on Thursday or Friday night, Young Peoples service on Friday nights...we were taught what the Bible says about impending DISASTERS and how they would affect the earth and mankind. I also learned that scientists and naysayers would find scientific, illogical, irrational ways to explain it all away. The Bible says to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6) I can also say, I never forgot it either. We are living in the time of DISASTERS of every kind which are all in the Bible. My natural reaction is fear, however, the Bible instructs us not to be afraid and that is what I hold on to. Will the DISASTERS continue? Rest assured they will, and although we don't want to become either hardhearted where we have no response to them, we also don't want to over emotional. Watching the news can be depressing. I try to take the "Watch and Pray" approach. Prayer may not stop the inevitable but it can help those affected by DISASTERS. Stay well and stay blessed, above all...stay focused on our Lord and Savior!