God Is Able
Have you ever felt bad or even guilty because of how good God has been to you while others around you are suffering somehow? Our family just endured Hurricane Irene and to us it just felt like another storm with higher winds than normal. We had power during the whole storm and had about three small branches in the yard.
On the other hand, a family in our church had a tree on their house (no one was injured), others have no power or lots of clean up to do and still others by the bay and low lying areas have been flooded out of their homes. So It makes me think of how gracious God is to us. Whether we have trees or no trees; power, or no power and water or no water; in all of it, we give Him glory.
In 2003 the last big hurricane swept through Hampton Roads and we were one of those people that got flooded out of our rental home and we had to stay with some friends for three months just after we got married. After the three months was up, we used our FEMA money to put a down payment on our first home. He was faithful and provided then and now, eight years later He is still faithful and still provides.
Our church will be coming together tonight at 6pm to worship our great God. When we went to clean up today, we made some signs for people driving by to see. I hope that God will draw in some new people that need to hear about this great God we serve.
We need to understand better that WE are not the point, GOD is about GOD! If it takes suffering to make Him more famous, then I will endure! How about you?
-AOD
