Hurricane Rick

Just posted by Rick on the Reformation 21 blogsite. A hurricane passed over his house in south Florida last night.

Hurricane for Worship
8/26/2005
posted by Rick Phillips

One of my more favorite psalms is Psalm 29. The reason is the outstanding sermon on it preached by James Boice sometime in the early 90's, which grabbed my attention at the time and has not been forgotten. It responds to a storm roaring over Lebanon by praising the God who rules over such natural marvels. "The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox" (Ps. 29:3-5).

Last night we had the most severe band of a category 1 hurricane pass right over our house, sounding like a freight train and causing all our palm trees to skip like a calf indeed. It was not very dangerous, but it was still pretty exciting. We had a wonderful Bible time with our children talking about the attributes of God revealed in the storm and upon which we were relying on for our protection. We concluded by singing Psalm 121 together. It filled me with joy to be a Christian -- to see the glory of God in creation and to have the constant comfort of a mighty, loving God. "The Lord will keep you from all evil,he will keep your life" (Ps. 121:7). Praise the Lord.