If you have been watching the news about the flood in Central Texas, the cities and sites which it affected, you have heard over and over people who have spoken about their continued faith in God. Parents who lost their precious children, older children who have lost their parents, families who have lost their whole families. The one thing that we keep hearing over and over, whether it comes from our government officials or, and especially from the families themselves, is their constant faith in God. I have not heard one word of blame against God, which you would almost expect in such a situation. I’ve heard nothing but their constant faith in the God who loves them and Who has and Who will bring them through.
Friday afternoon, at the press conference in which President and Melania Trump were there, person after person spoke of their faith in God who has gotten and would get them through. Whether from our governor or lieutenant governor, their expressions of faith were the one main thing that they kept hanging on to. Even the businessman who had lost his business spoke saying that he would “rebuild his business so that he could help people return to normalcy”. One father who lost one of these precious angels, was asked, “Well, what do you think about your God now?” The father answered, “What do you want us to do? Give up our God or keep on believing in the One Who is bringing us through?” President Trump asked Dr. Phil to say a few words, and when he spoke, he said of these parents who have lost their children, “People, in their effort to try to offer a word of comfort, try to tell someone who has lost a child, especially to something as tragic and as violent as a flood, “You will finally get over your loss”, but then he said, “No, you won’t. You never “get over it”, you “get through it”. Even if someone sees one of these parents in the store, thinking, “Should I say anything, I don’t want to bring this bad event up again.” He said, the answer to that question is “Yes”, you should say something. It lets those parents know that someone else is thinking about them and lifting them up in prayer.” It lets them know that they are not alone in their struggles. I hope that you will continue to pray for these families who have lost loved ones, both children and whole families, and I hope that you will continue to lift up in prayer these who are doing “search and rescue”, and especially as it turns into “search and recovery”, because they will continue to need your prayers. Life will go on, but it won’t go on without hope unless we keep them remembered before the Throne of Grace.
In such a time like this, Psalm 18 as well as Psalm 118, offers a great deal of help and encouragement as we put our faith in the Lord. You can’t help but read these two psalms and find strength, encouragement, and hope for any situation or circumstance that you find yourself going through right now.
