Snow/Icemageddon

Snow/Icemageddon has come and is still lying around my house. Our hearts go out to those who have been impacted negatively by the storm. Some thoughts came to my mind as we prepared for the storm. I guess I started hearing about the storm the Sunday or Monday before it hit. It is amazing what God has allowed us to learn about our world. God, in His love, gave us intelligence so we might observe and create things that would help us have better lives. That was on full display this past week. We have created models that measure what we know about nature to predict what will happen weather-wise. When these forecasters started talking about this storm, it was still in the ocean. Thank you, God, for the intelligence to learn some of the laws of nature so we can run to the store and buy milk and bread before the storm gets here (Psalm 19:1).        

The second thing I was reminded of is we are not God. Sometimes we can think too much of our abilities, but in the end, God is God and we are not. My thought about this comes from the same storm. Even though we sent planes and drones into the storm and we have all kinds of super computers crunching the numbers, forecasting a storm is still a guess. How many times have we heard a forecast that turned out wrong? Do not get me wrong, I am thankful for the weather folks. They are making the best educated guess with all the information they have, but in the end, it is a guess because God is God and we are not.  We are fearfully and wonderfully made and so is our world (Psalm 139:14).

So, be grateful that God has given us intelligence to know some things about our world that can help us, like preparing for a snow/icemageddon. But remember God is all-powerful, and we will never fully understand Him or His ways this side of eternity. What kind of God would He be if our small minds could understand Him completely?