We made it! Untouched by the Fire Storm 2007. Unfortunately we cannot say the same for everyone else. Its times like these that really cause me to reflect on shear awesomeness, and complexity of Gods sovereignty. You would think that most people would be asking in times like this, “why”… But I did not really hear any of that. I only heard about how devastating the fires are, how sad people were to lose there homes and everything in them, and the politicians all stroking each other on how great a job they all did. etc. I certainly don’t want to sound as if I don’t care of to dismiss other emotions… And I do think that over all we have come along way since the Cedar Fire. I am somewhat encouraged for a moment by all the people helping other people, Christians, Non-Christians, Mormons, etc… But by what motivation? And still, I hear no talk about why,.. well except the extreme left chanting “global warming!”, etc. They’ve certainly missed it as well.
Tom, one of the pastors at our church spent some time down at Qualcomm during the evacuation. Take a look at a short article he wrote;
The clowns entertained the children with silly antics and hopeful stories of happy endings and colorful baubles. The music blared hip hop while youths and the “not so youths” collapsed in a heap on the mat spinning, popping, and breaking. There was as much food as you could care to take in and just as much fizzy pop to wash it down with. There were celebrities stained with polish as their brightly shining faces lit up the glass, and there were saddle shoed politicians singing praises with their sunny lyrics. Josh Becket had just thrown the first pitch in the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies as excited fans hurried to find a seat. But this is not the queue outside Fenway Park, brimming with anticipation of the culmination of “America’s Pastime”; no, the World Series was on the 60 inch plasma big screen housed in news trucks within San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, and the entertainment was in response to the 2007 Southern California Firestorm. Read the rest here
