America is reeling from recent and ongoing catastrophe. A tsunami of weather and financial storms is impacting all of us. Eerily, this latest round of “birth pangs” began on September 11 (Yom Kippur) when humongous Hurricane Ike (Isaac/Last Laugh) swirled in the center of warm Gulf waters, with the barrier islands beckoning to be struck hard. In recent years, Galveston has become a mecca for “alternative lifestyles” with 80% of the Island holding a laissez-faire attitude about it. Party on, America. GOD will ultimately have the last laugh. Greed, pride, idolatry, and debauchery will be judged....yet the LORD remembers mercy as well. Tales of lives spared are surfacing daily.
Subsequent to this tragedy of unprecedented proportions.....and I sympathize and grieve with the suffering masses who are finding that FEMA is not the friend they were counting on.......we read other horrific headlines:
Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank files for bankruptcy, the biggest filing in history
U.S. Stocks Drop, S&P 500 Sinks Most Since 2001 Terror Attacks, Dow off 504 points
Fed adds $70 billion to the reserves...the most since 9/11 attacks as banks hoard cash
Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch after 48-hours of frenetic negotiating, Federal Reserve forced sale
UN chief fears world impact of US financial crisis –
Bailout of AIG to avert ‘worldwide calamity’
Worse slump in U.S housing since Great Depression
Yemen: 16 dead in US Embassy bombing
As I hobble around with broken toes (don’t ask, I’m a klutz) I thank the LORD we were spared worse woes here in Indiana. Thirty miles from home, neighborhoods are under water from severe flooding.
Headlines:
Deluge leads to Desperation in NW Indiana
Ike Remnants Blamed for Midwest Deaths, Blackouts
Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc nationwide....with those states spared the brunt of the storm eventually unable to escape paying at the pump as the ripple effects continue. Gas rationing may be next. I fear for cities like Chicago if Obama is not elected President. I fear for America if he IS elected President. It will mean we have taken another giant step towards oblivion as a great nation.
Maybe I am a metaphor. I hobble. This nation is broken and limping along. Will it ever walk uprightly again? There is only one way to heal.....petition the LORD with prayer. There is only one way to stay safe....petition the LORD with prayer....and walk in His ways, forsaking the futility of frowardness. The picture from Bolivar peninsula, Texas reminds me of Psalm 91....
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty....
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side,
And ten thousand at thy right hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold
And see the reward of the wicked....
Why is this one house still standing? The photo also reminds me of Bible prophecy and the DESOLATION to come. I take comfort in considering that after the Desolation, there is a Kingdom to come, and Righteousness will rule. Tomorrow I plan to post my song lyrics about the Millennial Kingdom. This song, called Aliyah, is a comfort to me...and I hope a comfort to others coping with catastrophe.
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