A Drop on the Tongue (of the Power of God.)

It's the burning hot and horribly humid days of summer here in the Midwestern United States. When I got out of bed yesterday morning it was nearly 80 degrees with 90% humidity.

One thing I do enjoy about summers here though is the occasional violent storms we have each year, it's like a little drop on the tongue of the power of God. It reminds me of the verse in Habakkuk: "...and there was the hiding of his power." (Hab. 3:4) No matter how powerful the display, the restraint that God uses in not destroying us all completely only serves to mask the true display of infinite power.

Last Sunday I woke up in the middle of the night in a puddle of sweat. The house was all closed up, the electricity had been out for some time and needless to say our air-conditioner had been off. Apparently I slept through the most violent storm of the year (so far) and only woke up when it got too hot to sleep. When I when out to go to work in the morning the whole neighborhood was blanketed with little branches and there were probably a dozen or so large trees within a couple blocks of our house that had been twisted, bent, broken and tipped over and even ripped out of the ground. And while I don't enjoy to see peoples property destroyed, it does look like I’ll have plenty of fire wood for the next couple of winters!