another thought...

When you are down to nothing, God is up to something.

calling

You'll find your 'Life's Calling' at the intersection of your gifts & the needs around you that God wired you to care about.

- Rick Warren

storm

HENRYVILLE, Ind. — The National Weather Service says a single, multi-vortex tornado plowed through 49 miles of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, killing 10 people along its path through New Pekin, Henryville, Marysville and Chelsea before it crossed the Ohio River near Bedford, Kentucky on March 2, 2012.

Today I spent the day in Henryville helping those I could with clean up. Sheet metal resembling tissue paper filled any trees that still stood. Shrubs with insulation blooms and sprinkled with shingle plastic were scattered amongst crumbled brick and shattered glass. This blender storm cut a path through the tall countryside leaving proof of its presence and strength. Television sets. Toilets. Kitchen tables. Lamps. Mattresses. Desks. Toys. Bicycles. Completely trashed and thrown about. Mangled. Mutilated. Broken. Windows and doors blown out of homes. White shirts raked yard debris and swept porches of homes that still set vertical. A property filled with volunteers scoured the ground looking for family photos, heirlooms, and whole pieces of anything. The smell of chainsaw gas, generators and small fires filled the country air. American flags were displayed proudly on what was left of barn beams or tree pieces. Concrete foundations are all that many came home to. A large sheet of plywood placed against a tree for all to see reads "God is still good". The day was beautiful. The sun filled the sky. Smiles replaced tears as complete strangers worked together to make things better.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28

no accident

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

Anonymous

Promises of a New Day

They were completely amazed and said, "Jesus does everything well."

(Mark 7:37, NCV) Dig Deeper: Romans 5:1-5

The Lord will never meet all your expectations. But he is always in control, and he does all things well. Consequently, when you are going through the dark night, remember: It's not the end. It's only the beginning. As high as God is going to elevate you is as deep as he digs to lay the foundation.

Our Lord is a God of restoration. He takes away the first to establish the second. And the second is always better.

The Hebrew day begins at sunset. Life always begins in the dark—the darkness of a womb. Early church tradition says that Jesus was born in a cave of darkness which served as a stable. Our Lord died upon a cross and "darkness fell across the whole land" (Mark 15:33). He rose again from the dead "while it was still dark" (John 20:1).

So get behind the eyes of your Lord and remember how he works. It is in the hidden hours of the night that God does his deepest work of transformation. The night, the evening, and the darkness are all promises of a new day. If you can hold this in your heart, it will change your life.

—Frank Viola in Revise Us Again

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