After the flood in Genesis God told Noah to look to the sky for the rainbow. “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth “
So, after hurricane Ike, we need to look to the sky for the rainbow. The promise that life will go on is there if we will look.
It is easy for me to say this I am in Moscow (again). I did not feel the wind or the rain instead I only watched it on CNN. Yet I do look to the sky and thank God for the rainbows in my life. The number one is my wife Karen, who stares down a hurricane and says “make my day”. “Stoic” could have been invented for her in these circumstances and her faith and unending practicality make my life easy. I mean, honestly, I got a text message from her today (the power was down and phone out at this point in our home in Katy) wondering how I was coping in Moscow. As I was ordering room service at that point I decided not to reply at precisiely that moment. She is my rainbow.
I know that there may be some who will experience only tragedy from hurricane Ike. I understand that. But the story of the rainbow after the flood is the story of all life after the fall of man. Tragedy befalls us but God in his providence has guaranteed that there will always be a way back to him and a way bak to a whole life. The picture in the post is hurricane Ike take from the space station. How could something so beautiful bring such pain and tragedy. Only God could explain this.