August 31, 2021

Still hot as blazes in Virginia, Hurricane Ida down south, and fires and smoke out west. After catastrophic flooding in Europe this summer, a German official said that it never occurred to him that modern people could actually die from a weather event.

The prophet Jeremiah said, ‘They do not say in their heart, “Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” (Jeremiah 5:24)

We are all living by the mercy of God all the time. The Original Flood was the last retribution storm God had up His sleeve, but the overwhelming power of the elements are always ready to enter the stage. But don’t forget this - Jesus has power over the winds and the waves in this world and the next.

“Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among the changes and chances of this mortal life, we may ever be defended by thy gracious and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (For Protection – BCP p. 832)