Jeremiah 9-10: It is God

But the LORD is the true God;
   he is the living God, the eternal King.
When he is angry, the earth trembles;
   the nations cannot endure his wrath.
“Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.’”
 But God made the earth by his power;
   he founded the world by his wisdom
   and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
   he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
   and brings out the wind from his storehouses. Jer. 10:10-13 NIV

It's six o'clock in the morning and still dark.  We were sitting on the porch having coffee when all of a sudden there was a change in the air.  It was almost imperceptible at first, then what was a breeze began to stir and out of the corner of my eye, I saw what looked like a flash of lightening.  A storm is coming.  Now I hear the thunder and the beginning sounds of rain.  Where does this all come from?  Where was all of this rain stored during the last few weeks of searing sun and heat?  Scientists can look at the signs and predict with occasional accuracy what the weather will be, but they cannot bring it into being.  It is God who thunders.  It is God who sends the lightening with the rain. It is God who saves and who ultimately will destroy as he sees fit.  It is all God.

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