God is in control . . .

May 20, 2013

Like all of you, I have been caught up with the events this past week in our state. Our own Kim Olson expressed it very well on Facebook when she said: "Heavy heart this morning, thinking of all those affected by the tornadoes. I know my God is in control and He did not cause this to happen. He did allow it. We live in a fallen world and terrible things happen. I am confident that He has a plan. However, we won't truly know His heart until we're with Him in heaven. Hug your family and friends. Tell them you love them. We are not guaranteed tomorrow." When Kim was a teenager, her family (including mom, Judy Kirton!) lost everything in a tornado. We do not understand, but we do acknowledge that God is indeed in control.
 

As our staff met and formulated how our church could step in to assist, as we prayed for the victims and the responders, we were reminded in our staff devotional this week that we don’t worship God because of what we can expect. We worship God because He is . . . and that is what we are going to do this Sunday.