North Florida Writer
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Life Around Us
  • Contact
  • MY BOOK PAGE

Did the Creator of Earth and Life Also Create Hurricanes?

9/2/2019

1 Comment

 
Picture
Storm surge result on the Florida Panhandle after last year's Hurricane Michael.
As Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the northern Bahama Islands unmercifully today, we continue to look for the expected turn of the storm northward which would limit the damage to all in Florida excepting the immediate coast.  It's a very stressful time with many questions.  How close will it come to our homes?  Should we leave?  If I do, will we be able to return at the all clear so as to protect our unoccupied properties from looting and other mischief?  There are many more, but there is one question that is greater than all others and it is one I first asked my father at the age of six while awaiting a storm at Nags Head.  Did God create the hurricane and if so why?

None of us has the answer to that question, but I think we can look at it in a way where we can take the "heat" off God as being the one who decided to send a hurricane our way.  But to get to that point, we have to make some assumptions based upon our background in the word, our faith and the abilities and thinking capacity that God gave us as mortals. Also included has to be an assessment of the Evil One, the Devil, and how he plays into the picture.  Again, I can't say that this assessment is accurate, but it does make sense from a spiritual perspective and it does point out how our God-given capabilities were given to us to live and work for His plan for our lives. First let's look at ourselves and then we will consider what, if any part, the Devil plays in the process.

We mortals are a creation of God, a God who created us in His image.  The earliest of mankind,  Adam and his wife, Eve, were given a perfect world and they were innocent. Had they followed the simple rules that God gave them to live by, their life would have been heaven on earth in Eden. The only thing they were forbidden from doing was to eat of the tree bearing forbidden fruit.  They were tempted by the Devil presenting himself as a serpent who told them how special the fruit was and how it would give them knowledge of all things. Eve took the fruit and she and Adam shared it and with that step they understood right and wrong and their innocence was gone.  And when God challenged them and they confessed, their perfect lives were over and they set in motion a world of humans who had to toil with pain and suffering all their days long.  They had free choice, but they had to use it wisely and if not, they would suffer the results of bad choices, a situation that has continued to this day. God tests us in life and He expects us to follow His plans but He leaves it to us to make the choice.  We can listen to His word both through responses to prayer and in reading the Bible, but the choice is ours.

Now couple that with the part that the Devil plays in the picture.  When God banished him from heaven to live until the second coming on earth with freedom of motion as an evil spirit,  He turned him loose on us.  Even with the addition to our full body armor of the Holy Spirit within us, it is still our free decision to decide whether we will listen to the Spirit or to the Devil.  The Devil knows that in the end, he will lie in darkness forever and his goal, realizing what will ultimately be his fate, is to take as many of us with him as he can. He is evil and selfish so he laughs at us as he thinks of all the many ways he can beguile us. He is a free roaming spirit and he looks for our weak points.  If it is money, he promises riches. If it is of the flesh, he can transform himself into the most handsome of men or the most beautiful of women. You name it and he can do it and to withstand his assaults, we must have faith and we must use it to believe in something so much better, that of course being our Lord, who offers the faithful something much grander than the things about us.  Only God offers eternity in a place of perfection, so grand that we can't even imagine it.  So, with our free will, we must make the choice. Will we live in eternal love and prosperity or end up in perpetual darkness after satisfying our earthly desires for the short time we are on earth?

So, what does that tell us about the question posed at the start of this commentary? Did the Creator of Life also create hurricanes?  My answer is a resounding no, but I add God did let them come about in nature.  And while He does have the capability to move them about as He wishes, sometimes He does so and sometimes He doesn't.  None of us can answer the why to that right now but if we are successful in our quest to reach heaven, the day will come when we understand.  And don't forget that we have to place a significant part of the blame on ourselves, for like the little song in Sunday school so many years ago said, don't built your house on sand, build it on a foundation of rock instead.  Maybe, just maybe we have to look at our own doings for the answer.  Maybe we all want to live in the wrong place.  Something to think about and that is the reason I brought it up in the first place.  Be very careful when we try to blame God for causing something we don't even fully understand, for a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  Real knowledge, knowledge that exceeds the abilities of mankind only comes from a spiritual awakening from God. That's the path to get all answers to all things including how hurricanes were created.
1 Comment
Sandra
9/3/2019 04:51:31 pm

Wonderful analogy.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    ABOUT ME

    Hi, I'm James, a writer who studies nature,  animals and all things created by God. I also write from time to time about what I think God expects of us.  I would love to hear your thoughts on these subjects. I hope you enjoy my comments.

    Archive

    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

    Picture

    Categories

    All
    America
    American Sports
    Animals
    Armed Forces Day
    Conservatism
    Doctorpatient0717615167
    Elections-2016
    Florida
    Florida-politics
    Freedom
    Freedom-of-speech
    Geese
    God
    Gods Glory0546cd6883
    Health Care
    Honor
    Integrity
    Jesus Christ
    Koch-brothers
    Leisure-time
    Love
    Military
    Nature
    Primaries
    Proverbs
    Safety
    Savior
    The Future
    Top-political-donors-list
    Tyrannical-government

    RSS Feed

Thanks for contacting northfloridawriter.com.
Photos used under Creative Commons from Arian Zwegers, trvlto, thomas pix, taberandrew, Justin A. Wilcox, Glyn Lowe Photoworks, ckay, phalinn, curtis palmer, bnpositive, oddsock, HooLengSiong, jespahjoy, illustir, ljlphotography, Out at Bob's, The Labour Party, ljlphotography, Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, eli.pousson, JasonParis, Fibonacci Blue, wht_wolf9653, bsabarnowl, ` TheDreamSky, Ken_Hoffman, dsearls, NCinDC, James Byrum, DonkeyHotey, Waiting For The Word, cliff1066™, possan, dpape, David Holt London, akeg, Waiting For The Word, Glyn Lowe Photoworks, MilitaryHealth, yukali, infomatique, goforchris, cliff1066™, Wootang01, dctim1, Donald Lee Pardue, LizMarie_AK, campdarby, CedarBendDrive, bill85704, faeparsons, TMAB2003, cliff1066™, Rennett Stowe, KOMUnews, cliff1066™, chris.huggins, USDAgov, mat_walker, gruntzooki, DonkeyHotey, ljlphotography, Elvert Barnes, Paulsasleepwalker, facebook.com/snapshotsofthepast, foto3116, Miller_Center, digitonin, BostonCatholic, Watt_Dabney, jepoirrier, EpicFireworks, derekskey, cletch, DonkeyHotey, KOMUnews, DonkeyHotey, ravensong75, Alan Cleaver, Francisco Diez, hermmermferm, cod_gabriel, Marxchivist, Fibonacci Blue, dbgg1979, “Caveman Chuck” Coker, David Barrie, rjs1322, Just Another Wretch, Keith Laverack, Waiting For The Word, whoohoo120, AFS-USA Intercultural Programs, Brett Jordan, yisris, Michael Hodge, Waiting For The Word, MilitaryHealth, doceggman, AlmazUK, taberandrew, cliff1066™, krossbow, shinya, The Jewish Agency for Israel, kudumomo, “Caveman Chuck” Coker, cliff1066™, johntrainor, emilio labrador, cliff1066™, EraPhernalia Vintage . . . (playin' hook-y ;o), **emmar**, Mrs. Gemstone, Andrea Westmoreland, Jeff Kern, Waiting For The Word, Abdulsalam Haykal, Donald Lee Pardue, roberthuffstutter, Dougtone, b1mbo, DonkeyHotey, paularps, kaatjevervoort, Simon Davison, BONGURI, Marion Doss, ex_magician, Bergfels, Brett Jordan, Tim Evanson, Art4TheGlryOfGod, Jeff Kubina, sskennel, DonkeyHotey, VirtKitty, Rodrigo_Soldon, resistealeau, MilitaryHealth, edalisse, Mervi Eskelinen aka tasselflower, Kaz Andrew, nitram242, Andrew Aliferis, uitdragerij, Paul J Everett, Joe Shlabotnik, Jeffrey, Harry Thomas Photography, Tim Evanson, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Ron Cogswell, Nationalmuseet, escapedtowisconsin, Michael Cory, DonkeyHotey, timsamoff, mrbillt6, bnilsen, themonnie, dichohecho, Waiting For The Word, technochick, cliff1066™, RTD Photography, Randy Wick, Enokson, Rising Damp, DonkeyHotey, Waiting For The Word, SteveNakatani, Fovea Centralis, Dru Bloomfield - At Home in Scottsdale, lisaclarke, Mulad, Roswell_UMC, Bengt Nyman, U.S. Embassy New Delhi, FreedomHouse2, SuperFantastic, Rory Finneren, Alaskan Dude, Larry1732, Mr. T in DC, ikewinski, Ivy Dawned, RLHyde, Waiting For The Word, heartajack, dyogi, dailymatador, David Paul Ohmer, Pleuntje, Leonard Bentley, midwestnerd, Donald Lee Pardue, DonkeyHotey, Oli-Oviyan, PatrikWalde, flamesworddragon, The U.S. Army, Zach Heller Photography, DonkeyHotey, EvinDC, Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections, Ronnie Macdonald, Gerry Dincher, The U.S. Army, Jeff Belmonte, DonkeyHotey, Texas Military Forces, jim.greenhill, Ben Sutherland, the Original Jeff Martin, Loz Flowers, CBP Photography, spbpda, OCVA, Hot Rod Homepage, brianholsclaw, dozodomo, quinn.anya, KOMUnews, wtstoffs, Leo Newball, Jr., lilli2de, dmott9, Justin A. Wilcox, sören2013, boboroshi, newagecrap, CoreBurn, simminch, ninahale, EvinDC, Mister Awesome, HeyRocker, beggs, Donald Lee Pardue