My World Spins

Last week a low depression swept down from the north and a cold front came in from the west. Rain, that sweet and wanted commodity, at least it was three years ago when we seemed to be in the never ending dry spell, has changed to a never ending supply of too much rain.
 
As this is the 21st century and not the bronze age, I don't expect to be inconvenienced by weather and yet I am. I might be forgiven for thinking that this is THE BEGINNING OF THE END, hoping it is not I wonder if something or someone is to blame for the mess.  The thought hits me that maybe God is to blame, because He didn't stop the bad weather from happening. I have been told that God is good and He can do anything, I feel that he should be able stopped bad weather, but He didn't and I would like to know why?

In my search for an answer I go to the start of everything. I ask why did God let Adam and Eve crunch down on that apple? Everything was good in the Garden of Eden, if God had stopped them from eating the apple, Adam and Eve would still be in the perfect place, maybe I would be in that place too, safe, no changes, no thought that there might be something I didn't know about (good and evil), no choice..... I am having trouble imagining not being able to choose, not knowing that something could be different, and if I don't know what is bad, can I know what is good? Would the world change, could I recognise change?


Descartes the philosopher declared 'I think, therefore I am'. It is my ability to think to see difference that makes this world, if God removes the bad things from this world and wraps me up in the perfect safe place, I would have no choice and I would not think, I would not know good, I would not know bad, I would not know God. And I would not be thinking that maybe the bad weather needs to be, because if God stopped bad weather he might have to change me to a zombie and that does not sound like a fabulous life.


I think I will stop here, my brain spins with the all of this thought, I will continue to ask questions and search for answers, it is I feel a life time quest, and only when I can stand face to face with God will many of my questions have an answer I understand.

 





 

A Leap Of Faith

 

I was planning to do something else for February's theme the reason I changed my mind is that I have been busy with Vic SES since Sunday, filling sandbags and dealing with anything too much rain -250mm- that is around 10 inches in five days can generate. Everyone is now hoping that we don't get any more rain even though more is forecast.

 I was standing behind the camera man when this rescue was filmed  a couple of days ago, about one kilometre from my place, the creek where the rescue took place is now, at the time of writing this post a metre higher than when the driver was pulled off  his truck.

When I saw him leap into the inflatable dingy I was struck by the thought that for a Christian that is exactly what God asks us to do, leap into his care, he promises to be there underneath us holding us when life is good and when life becomes a struggle.

Just to finish this post off I am including some of the News stories from the nights news.

 

Many residents will not be able to go to work tomorrow and to be honest might not want to go to work as driving through flood waters is dangerous, and not recommended. High School for my son was cancelled at 10am this morning because teachers feared that the buses would not be able to return the children to their homes if they left at 3.30pm too many roads have been flooded. 

I am pleased to say that my drenched town has settled for the night, Vic SES members are home taking a break, some started the day at 2.30am this morning with a request for sandbags.