The Nation and the State of Texas recently jumped into a major state of alert as a string of tropical storms began making its way across the Atlantic and into the Caribbean and the first storm smacked into Florida. At VRM we went on ALERT and told task force teams, shelter teams and other response teams to be prepared for a possible deployment.
For a while Tropical Storm Anna was a threat that has hopefully faded into a depression (though there is one model that shows a chance for a revival into a hurricane when she passes into the gulf) and it looks like Hurricane Bill is making that big right hand turn to the north that will take him between Bermuda and the east coast of the USA and its a good thing Bill was spiking up to a CAT 4 but he will be more roar at sea than a roaring lion on land.
Thank you God and all who have diligently been praying for grace and mercy for the peoples of the Caribbean and North America.
I was reading some information from the weather channel that of May of 2008 there had been 113 people killed in the USA by tornadoes with the second highest total of tornadoes in history with over 1,691 that would strike for a total of 124 killed. By August of 2009 we have experienced 21 deaths from 9 super-sized killer tornadoes.
And of course 2008 saw a lot more storm and hurricane activity than we are seeing in 2009 and we had the horrific Hurricane IKE that ripped things apart from Galveston Island, through east Texas up through the Ohio River Valley and then out through the Atlantic and it seemed we were dodging Hurricanes every week from Dolly to Gustave to Eduard and so on.
So far, again Thank you God, we have been spared destruction and death on a massive scale from killer storms.
While I am grateful let us be diligent and continue to pray, we still do not know what storm surge will result from Hurricane Bill on our East Coast and in Bermuda. And late August and September are notorious for sending in huge Hurricanes.
Fortunately at VRM we did not have to deploy, but that does not mean we do not need to be prepared and ready to respond when the call comes.
As we thank God for calming the storms for the much part in 2009 take a look at a video I came across at U Tube called "Jesus Calms the Storm" using legos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2N8aJOArbc
Are you ready to Respond...Impact and Serve on the Journey?
Edward Smith
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I'm grateful that fear does not overpower God. I'm thankful that He has already given us the last word, and we know we win. Thank you, Lord, for your chosen people who compassionately reach out and care for others.
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That has always stuck with me.