For some weeks now we have been experiencing wonderful summer weather\u2026.hot sunny days that holiday makers have been rejoicing in. Not so, farmers and gardeners! Where possible watering and irrigation have been turned on, and it is some small comfort to see the plants revive and survive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But\nin some countries, this dry weather has resulted in massive bush fires with loss\nof crops, animals and in some cases even human life. We sometimes wonder why\nthese extreme weather patterns occur, and people put it down to global warming\nand such like, but we know they have been happening since time began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0 We read in the Bible of famines and droughts occurring at different times, and often it is put down to a nation\u2019s disobedience to God\u2019s rules. It seems that people will only turn to God when they are in dire straits, and often then they still refuse to acknowledge that He has any part in the weather patterns! We read of the time that there was a severe drought with no rain for three years, and the nation of Israel attributed this to the idol they were worshipping at the time, Baal. They gathered together with their king and priests of the idol, and called out \u201cOh Baal, save us!\u201d but there was no reply. The heavens still remained as brass. They began to dance around, cutting themselves and crying out, but still nothing happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God\u2019s prophet Elijah, began to mock them\nsaying their god must have gone on a journey. At last, they were worn out, and Elijah\ntook barrels of water and poured it over the animal sacrifice and altar that he had built to the God of Heaven. He\nbegan to pray and for a while nothing happened. Then the sky grew dark, with\nlightning flickering around, and he told the king he had better get going to\nthe city before the rain stopped him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He called out to the crowd watching and\nasked who they thought was the real God now? The people finally acknowledged\nthat the God of Heaven was the one true God as the rain came pelting down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s hope we don\u2019t remain as stubborn as\nthe people in that day, and keep attributing our weather patterns to the god of\nGlobal Warming!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For some weeks now we have been experiencing wonderful summer weather\u2026.hot sunny days that holiday makers have been rejoicing in. Not so, farmers and gardeners! Where possible watering and irrigation have been turned on, and it is some small comfort to see the plants revive and survive! But in some countries, this dry weather … Continue reading The Big Dry!<\/span>