May
02
2010
Nashville today
Update — several ways the flooding provides clarity:
1. God loves us freely, owes us nothing, cares for us generously day after day, sends floods and then sunshine, all without explaining himself. This reality helps us see ourselves — whether we trust God or suspect God.
2. His creation, even so flimsy a thing as water, has powers greater than we can resist. This experience deconstructs our complacent sense of control.
3. God has given us one another for help and comfort in distress. Shared trouble breaks down walls of aloofness and prejudice. So this is what human society is meant to be.