“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part;”

 (1 Corinthians 13:12a)

Hurricane Ian pounded Florida this week as a Category 4 storm resulting in the deaths of at least 20 people including 2 people on Sanibel Island. 40 people had to be evacuated by boat to the mainland due to the break in the causeway. There is massive destruction of homes and boats running into billions of dollars which will take years to repair. The typical drumbeat of the media is that it is all due to man-made “climate change.”

Scripture reflects a storm that satan brought upon righteous Job resulting in not only the destruction of his home and loss of children but also boils covering his entire body. Yet he hung onto his faith in a faithful and loving Creator. His particular set of storms ended with the Lord prospering him with 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys and in addition to 7 sons and 3 daughters. Other parts of Scripture, such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, clearly indicate judgment of sin upon the ungodly and a warning to the righteous to take heed lest they also fall. It’s not always easy to discern this side of eternity who is being tested and who is being judged. The New Testament directs us to reach out and help the poor, the disenfranchised, those in need which clearly Hurricane Ian victims need.

Even though mankind pollutes oceans, rivers, and the air, in the final analysis, the Lord controls the weather.