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

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