Sunday, July 21, 2013

unusual weather-- prayer requests, orders chaos

I reviewed the weather forecast on July 5 for a special family gathering we were having on July 26-27. The  forecast was storms and rain. Panic .. and prayer..


".....His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet." Nahum 1:3


Some excerpts that peaked my interest since on 7/5  prayer request that the weather would be 

"Normally U.S. weather systems move west to east. The western Atlantic high pressure system behind the hot dry weather started moving east to west last week.."

“It’s definitely unusual and going the wrong way,” Gottschalck said Thursday. “This is pretty rare.”

The unusual movement wasn’t seen in computer models until four or five days in advance, which is relatively late for these models, so meteorologists were surprised, he said.

Gottschalck said there’s no evidence pointing at man-made climate change, but this is likely just natural chaos in the atmosphere. He couldn’t say how often these backward weather flows occur, but they are less frequent than once a year.


The article prompted me to look up Job 38 and 42 recalling that Job was rightly set in his place by The Lord.
also God does hear prayer requests and orders the chaos..


“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it? 


“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,
 to bring rain on a land where no man is,"


“Has the rain a father,
or who has begotten the drops of dew?

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that a flood of waters may cover you?
Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?


Job 38: 4-5, 25-26, 28, 34-35

When i checked the weather forecast on 7/19 it improved to sunshine , less humid and hot weather. 
Amazing, chaos thought by scientists....  order and answer to prayer by God? 

So will continue to pray for beautiful weather for the weekend of July 25-27 but will also need to be content with the days ahead knowing i know very little.

"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me." Job 38:1-3



































"Then Job answered the Lord and said:
 “I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, "
Job 42: 1-3

Thursday, July 04, 2013

when the enemy comes like a flood

 I went to relax in the family room and realized a pipe was leaking by the fallen ceiling panel. It has happened multiple times over the years. I generally have a better attitude and a sense of hope than i did this time. :(
The LOCATION of the leak on this pipe is in an area that is NOT CONVENIENT, and takes much WORK to fix. The pipe would push up so i could not work on it as i would have liked, so after 2 hours, and 3 "sharkbite" pipe joint joining ATTEMPTS I gave up for the night since it was still leaking and i was anxious and angry.


Morning devotions i was reading an article by Billy Graham from 1956 and it was straight shooting and when i saw the picture of him with his finger pointed, i felt like this was a WORD for me "

The Mystery of lawlessness and the Tide of Evil

"Have you ever wondered about the tumultuous tide of evil in the world? How it overwhelms society, how it engulfs nations, how it infiltrates all races, how it devastates the individual, how it ruins the family and destroys the home?

"The mystery of lawlessness is the power unseen, unknown except by its effects, that is ever working in the world for evil. It is working against the law and will of God, corrupting what has been well done and well begun, causing misery in the natural world and in all that people do. We try to trace evil back to its origin, and we soon see that there is indeed a mysterious element to it." (Bily Graham)
It ended with a hopeful scripture and encouragement!
When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him."

"Great is the mystery of lawlessness. However, there is another mystery that is even greater. It is called in the Bible “the mystery of godliness”—the secret, unseen, unmeasured power that lies in the inspiration, guidance and comfort of the Holy Spirit, who is within all those who have trusted Jesus Christ as Savior."


So TODAY I decided to try again, met a very CALM shopper at the hardware store and asked him for advice. I wish i was calm. He told me he would "sweat it" in, solder it using a torch. I have caught the floor on fire a few times and didn't want to take this ROAD but i did with his ADVICE-- and it worked!

Many times God is working on our heart attitudes to help us change to serve others. It is not convenient at times to grow, and the location of the problem is not always easy to resolve and takes work and Many Attempts. Direction comes from theWord, and others willing to take the time to give Advice along the Road. The Holy Spirit is our strength against the tide of evil and helps us to refuse to alllow evil to devastate me, ruin my family, or destroy my home.

as long as you are glorified

"Shall I take from Your hand Your blessings
Yet not welcome any pain
Shall I thank You for days of sunshine
Yet grumble in days of rain
Shall I love You in times of plenty
Then leave You in days of drought
Shall I trust when I reap a harvest
But when winter winds blow, then doubt

Oh let Your will be done in me
In Your love I will abide
Oh I long for nothing else as long
As You are glorified" 

So quiet my restless heart
Quiet my restless heart
Quiet my restless heart in you"
(Verse from song by Mark Altrogge)

"So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." Isaiah 59:19