Tuesday, August 18, 2015

BOB

This is Bob Peden of Central, a United Methodist Community in Meridian. I

remember it like yesterday. A night 46 years ago today. A night totally black

but for the strikes of lightning. The only sound was that of rushing wind,

overcome only by the even louder sound of tornados passing nearby.

In the aftermath as the coast recovered from the effects of Hurricane Camille,

many thought they had experienced the worst the gulf could dish out. But 26

years later Katrina cut a much larger swath through the coast and proved

them wrong.

The residents of the Mississippi gulf coast have rebuilt after each of these

storms. Not forgetting what was, but not merely recreating the old, they built

a new future each time. So it is with our lives. When disaster comes - storms,

the death of loved ones, the loss of relationships, jobs, possessions - we

should not just rebuild what was, but looking to the future God has for us,

we build new lives that if we allow God, He will prove to us are even better

than what was before.

I pray that we will allow God to work in us, and in the good times and the

disasters of our lives.