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That Which Cannot be Lost by Wind or Flood
By Andy on 13 September 2005 early morningCategory: What Matters Most
The last month has proved to be a test of our nation’s ability to cope and help in a time of crisis and uncertainty. While lots of people are pointing fingers, the full extent of Hurricane Katrina’s damage is still uncertain, and hundreds of thousands throughout southern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have felt her powerful blow.
My parents who live in south Alabama experienced only moderate property damage and are once again—Hurricane Ivan caused similar damage last year—counting their blessings. They’ve learned that what’s most important is that which cannot be lost by wind or flood:
35Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture…37None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. 38I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, 39high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. – Romans 8 (The Message)
But still, people are struggling and needing help. Right now, I’m multi-tasking. While I’m composing this journal entry, I’m also preparing one of our computers to donate to a Kenyan family I met at church last Sunday who—when the water was chest high—“felt God was leading” them to transfer from a New Orleans serminay to a seminary here in Fort Worth. Now they are starting over with very little except that which matters most: their faith and their family. And there are so many other stories like this that aren’t turning out so well.
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