Hey Gang: Neal and Jamie, founders and pastors of
Jewish Jewels, a ministry to a born again congregation of Jewish believers in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, began his monthly newsletter as follows: “Storms are
the focus of this month’s letter. The
Lord impressed us with the pervasive, abundant, frequent, and great variety of
storms that are coming on the earth; Natural storms called hurricanes! Natural
floods of evil! Political storms! Storms of violence! Firestorms!
Even God-ordained storms!
When in service of our Country, I
was authorized to wear several ribbons that I had earned through the services I
provided. I wonder, if the time has come
for those who have gone through one of more of the catastrophic events of the
past several years, to wear ribbons of recognition that ‘I was there’.
All can say, “Been there, done
that and I do not want to do it again”.
I believe we could all agree that storms are as much a part of our lives
as breathing. Take a minute or two and
think back, when was the last time you enjoyed a nice non- violent rain storm
that made the posies grow?
Today, April 13, 2018, the
weather forecasters are warning heavy rains with icing and flooding, heavy wind
with trees and power lines down, tornadoes in several states, dangers of fire
in drought plagued Oklahoma and a foot or more of snow in Minnesota and the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
The question- “Why Lord?” has
become a common question. Is God trying
to wake up His family? It is a sad day
for the Hainley family for it was on his date that we lost our son David to a
head on auto accident and the day we buried our grandson who lost his battle to
cancer.
This we know! There is no
immunity from storms! BUT we, as
believers, know from the Word that as we near the end of the Age of the
Gentiles and the coming of the Lord for His children there will be increasing
birth pangs. But -in the midst of these stormy conditions- God is moving to fulfill His purpose in the earth.
Paul tells us, “For we know that the whole creation suffers
the pangs of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we
ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan
within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of
our body? (Rom. 8:22-23).
So, good buddies in Christ, Paul
also tells us that our defense against the woes and wilderness experiences is “…to be strong in the Lord and in the
strength of His might. Put on the full
armor of God so that you will be able to stand from against the schemes of the
devil” (Read Eph. 6:10 – 18).
Blessings,
Gramps
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