We will aim to keep this short tonight.  I have an early appointment with a doctor in the morning.  Maybe someone can tell me why my lungs aren't cleared up after a late summer cold with congestion.  I also realize that the odds are good that nothing will be learned tomorrow.  Most visits end with setting up more tests and visits along the way.  Maybe this trip will be different.  Saying this may be a good time to bring up a point.  I am slowly realizing a few things in my older years.  We need to move the blog from just stuff about me to other topics.  That is going to be hard as most of us begin thinking about other things as they relate to our life.  I read a few other blogs along the way on a daily basis.  Some talk about religious stuff that may not matter to us as a whole.  But maybe we can start branching out into a more diverse subject matter. 

Most of today was wrapped up in watching the super storm ride up the East Coast.  Sandy is her name and she appears to be really mad at something.  When you add a hurricane to a large cold front you end up with a mess.  This hurricane is bad enough but the winds and rain just get multiplied by the affects of the cold air mass.  You know its a rough system when Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel shows up to do live feeds.  One can only hope the damage will not be brutal and injuries or fatalities can be limited.  Storms like these are rare.  They are unpredictable and very dangerous.  Maybe we can know soon the extent of the cost from this outbreak.

Why these events happen is still beyond me.  I know there are general guidelines in scripture to help us come to grips with such calamity but the specifics often remain hidden.  It seems that some minister announced his view of why this storm is happening.  He somehow tied the hurricane to judgement on gay people.  Now it is certainly possible that he may be right.  Perhaps he knows something we don't.  But you should know my theology just doesn't stretch that far.  There will be many people who are not gay affected by these storms.  Some who suffer could indeed be very devout believers.  So why do they get caught up in a judgement on others?  There is no good or logical answer.  How do you explain to a believer who rebuilds after this event that they just got in the way of God judging gays?  Maybe we should be very careful about putting blame on events beyond our control.

Now do not read this as acceptance of a sinful lifestyle.  It is not that.  Do not think of it as not believing God has reasons for what He does.  It is not that either.  There are times when God acts in ways we may not understand.  Our usual approach is to try to find a human explanation for a divine exhibition.  God may just want us to let Him be who He is.  Perhaps we could spend more time doing evangelism with all rather than defending our turf.  We are not evaluated by who we blame but by how we behave when others are in need.  Let's just keep that our focus.

Bro. Trey