The Ice Storm Cometh.

This weekend in Oklahoma they’re predicting up to 2 inches of ice and sleet to blanket the state. We’re being told this storm will be worse than the one in 2002, when there were electrical outages everywhere (someone in Kim’s office had no power for over a week).

Even though I grew up in Oklahoma, I never really experienced the inconvenience an ice storm can bring. And in Indonesia we experienced our share of brown outs and down power, but it never lasted long. But power outages in the winter? No way to heat the house? No way to cook food? That’s something else entirely.

Am I scared? Just a tad. Not “pee runneth down the leg” scared, but more like… concerned. We’ve all grown so comfortable with our lives’ various comforts.. to get ‘em yanked away forcefully, so quickly… well, it’ll be a shock.

As I was praying this morning, trying to ask God how I should pray to avoid the calamity, the verse from Psalms 112:7 came to mind. “He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.” (The whole passage describes the man who “fears the Lord.”)

That’s good stuff.

There’s a storm coming. An ice storm. That’s bad news. But me? I’m not going to be afraid, because regardless of what happens, I will trust in the Lord. Not trusting that He’ll specifically swoop down and save us or protect us, but that regardless of WHAT happens the next few days, He is still God and knows EXACTLY what we need and when.

So, Fear! Time for you to take a hike. And Pee! You crawl right back up my leg and return from whence you came! (Wow… what a visual…. eww……) I know where my heart is, and where it’s not. Circumstances may change from moment to moment, day to day, but God and His sovereignty will not change.

I’ll be sure to post some pics later…

Kevin