The Calm Before the Storm!

Tonight, once again they are calling for snow tomorrow. The prediction of 2-4 inches of snow during the day tomorrow. Once again the weatherman predicts, once again we are unsure if they will be right, but everyone is talking about it.

Why is it that even though the weather is often incorrect we still hold it to be true? People walk around in stores, bars, Starbucks, hospitals, and work talking about the snow we are going to get tomorrow. How come after all the let down they still assume the weatherman is going to be right.

Look at the two major storms we have had this year, both predicted very wrong! The first one was suppose to be freezing rain and snow, we got three or more inches of sleet. The second one a bit of freezing rain or rain. Bam! Three inches of pure snow. Who's to say that tomorrows prediction will be right? Can we really trust it enough or do we just plan for the worst?

Soon my roommate will be returning with her sister in tow. Can I predict what will happen? Will this change make the household dynamic totally change? Is there going to be a storm? A tornado? or just a gentle rain?

Am I qualified to predict? What makes the weatherman qualified to predict? People used to predict the weather based on history. Now a lot of it is done using computer models that are suppose to make it more accurate. I remember teaching weather when I was a nature director at Camp. We had no real tools to predict with, but every morning we gave a weather report form our best guess. Do we often do this in life?

I can see the possibility of a storm in my future. But will thinking about it bring it to life? What is my possibility build on? History, well no we have not all lived together before so who knows what will happen. What else is there to build the prediction on?

The Bible makes a lot of predictions that are proven later in time. How did these people make these predictions? Did God inform them of what was going to happen? Many times the answer is yes!

Jesus is the greatest prediction in the Bible. Imagine the fact that when God predicts,there is no questioning. It's not based on history, but on fact! God knows the end from the beginning. God knows how much snow will fall tomorrow! God knows if my new home scenario will work out! God takes the question out of the prediction.

So where am I going with this? I'm going back to trust. I have to trust that God knows what is going to happen. It does not make my life better worrying about how much snow we are going to get. It also does not help my life to worry about my roommates. I just have to trust!

Out of anyone in the Bible, Job was one man that never could have predicted what happened to him. He lost everything in his life and yet Job still trusted. He imagined the worst case scenario here in this text.

JOB 13:15a

NIV
"Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;"
The Message
"Because even if he killed me, I'd keep on hoping."
KJV
"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:"

Imagine feeling completely hopeless. So far down the only prediction you can make is death. But Job still had trust. He still had hope! I can not predict tomorrow, but my God can!

Lord,

Protect me and my "family" tonight. We are getting ready to make some big changes in our living situation. Give us your protecting hand over our home. Help keep the thunder and lightning to a minimum. Help us to only hear the blessed pitter-pat of a quiet shower! Keep us focused on the sunshine that follows the storm!

Brie!