Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Natural Disasters

I wanted to post this as a way to communicate some of the devastation of the tornadoes that hit down here in Oklahoma.
But first.... Here is the story:

This house was occupied by a man and his three dogs. He had began taking shelter as he listened to the weather man on his satellite radio. He began to take cover in his cellar, he put his three dogs in and then his satellite went out. Anxious to here what was happening he ran up stairs to grab a radio so he could listen. On his way down the wind blew in his front window and gushed through and out the back window, shattering the glass. The tornado then proceeded to lift the house off its foundation and rotate it, then it blew out the wall on the side of the house. The man was fine!
Here is the result of the house:

The cement side walk you see in the pictures is where the house sat flush to the front door was right along that front porch.
Here is the thing. Why does God let this happen? I am not sure if we will ever know, but what I do know is that through this we can find community, we can serve and we can show God's love. Lets take something that Satan meant for evil and create it for His Glory!
This Tornado was an F2, one of the smallest tornado's. Please continue to pray for those in Joplin hit by the F4 or F5 tornado! And prayers for everyone affected by the Tornado in Oklahoma!