Food for the Soul

Jacksonville Beach Pier during Hurricane Matthew 2016
Photo by Action News JAX

With this weekend post I thank and praise God for sparing many of us serious harm during Hurricane Irma these last several days. He answered the prayers of many by sparing lives and property. 

We dare not take His mercies for granted. The Lord appointed some of us for protection.

At the same time, I am so mindful of the many, many people who lost much, and some even their lives, as this history-making storm made its way across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc through many tropical islands and then up the peninsula of Florida. We grieve with them over their losses and help them rebuild their lives.

Genuine gratitude to God is an acknowledgement

He is good at all times.

We trust our Lord during the hard times that what He is doing has a purpose which will someday be clear. At the very least, those who stand in the rubble of what once was can declare they still have life. Houses, land, and material things can be replaced. Our lives cannot. 

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

for his wondrous works to the children of man!

And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

Psalm 107:21-22

Just some of the hurricane debris awaiting pickup in my neighborhood

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