Upheld In Missing It

Sometimes I am a little slow in understanding. Anybody else there, too?

This fire season has been called epic – something we have not seen before. It’s grown so that new fires are starting themselves every day. I suppose some embers are flying farther than they should, thanks to the winds and breezes, and lighting in new areas to combust the waiting fuel there. Firefighters are stretched to the limit and some areas are burning freely because the resources are stretched so thin.

I tend to look at the trees instead of the forest. In this case—a lot of flaming red trees puffing out a lot of black smoke clouds (that are messing with my lungs)! I’ve been worried about the homes of loved ones—some who have evacuated, some who have not. And feeling helpless to do anything.

Yesterday, my friend Therese Marszalek put out a Word of God over Facebook. How did I miss the real message? She and her husband had been coming back to Spokane from Colville the other evening and saw the magnitude of the fire at Addy, WA. She posted a photo, her comments about the fire. I saw her post and all I could think of was my loved ones and more fire. And when will it come to an end? And will God send rain soon? And how did I miss the real message God gave to us through her?

You can see Therese’s post on my Facebook page. She talked about coming emergencies like we’ve never seen, and resources being depleted in trying to help in these emergencies, but God is faithful and will come to the rescue. Keep your eyes on Him and not the disasters (a good message to me, for sure!). She says as we let go of the familiar things, His revival will fill our hearts with fire instead, all the way to the ends of the earth. Please do take a look at her post. God is speaking to us in this fire time.

“In that day they will say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him and He saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in Him; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation’ “ Isaiah 25:9.