Apparel

. . . the Lord has put on his apparel . . . 

 - From Psalm 93

I think that weather is the most potentially terrifying force of Nature. And the most fiercely intense force in weather has to do with water. If it comes down too hard, and in too great a volume, it can begin flooding, and once something begins to flood, it seems the rain simply does not let up.

We like a little rain. We miss it if we go too many days without it. And we enjoy the soothing sound of a steady, gentle rain. But if it has made the ground too saturated, and the rate of downpour increases just a little, the rain becomes a loathsome development.

The Palmist talked about God putting on His apparel, and of His house being adorned with holiness. Respect is paid to the supremacy of water, against our well-foundationed homes. But God is greater yet.

This is all easy to say. We all know devout and faithful, humble and charitable Christians that have had their homes destroyed by the weather. But that's not the point.

We will always be subject to the chance occurrences in this life. But no matter what happens in our time, and era, and place . . . God is greater yet. Eternity will be so much the more meaningful, as we will have gone through the trials and tribulations of this life. I will be glad to have that perspective.