Katrina
A friend sent me a link to this article What Can Katrina Teach Us? by Max Lucado. As I'm sure others have, Lucado questions how or what God may be teaching us through such an event as the recent Hurricane Katrina which has not only brought physical destruction, but spun a thread of havoc through the people of New Orleans with some shocking results.Lucado raises some interesting points - points that I think should challenge us all.
What value do we place on our possessions? "Were all your possession washed away, could you still worship? Would you still worship? If not, you are holding things too tightly."
I like to think I would.
"In a land where we have more malls than high schools, more debt than credit, more clothes to wear than we can wear, could Christ be saying: "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15)?"
Am I on guard?
Job lost everything he owned and loved. His response? He knew all he had was never his to begin with but given by the Lord, and therefore could be just as easily taken by Him.
Do we have this attitude?
"The main problem in the world is not Mother Nature, but human nature."
Are we too quick to blame the 'natural disaster' to consider why it occured?
Some people have concluded Katrina was direct judgement on the city of New Orleans. Well, we cannot presume to know what God's plan is nor place judgement only he can deliver.
What we can do is learn from these things, as God reminds us of the fallen world in which we live.
And reminds us of our need for Jesus - our rescuer holding out his hand to us amongst the chaos!
I encourage you to read the article and be challenged too.
Would like to hear your thoughts!
In Him,
Chelsea
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