Irene is doing her thing. The Weather Channel crews are doing theirs. Their forecasts are making no difference to Irene. She is going where she wills. In the meantime these men and women of foolhardy courage lean into the wind, mike in hand and rain in face, and tell us what is happening. In the dry climate of some operation room the "experts" are making their calls. Irene plows on doing her thing.
How well are they doing at predicting the unpredictable? We shall see in the hours ahead. In the meantime our largest city has ground to a standstill. Planes and trains are grounded. Stores are closed and boarded up. A power beyond political and governmental control is reminding these mere mortals who is still in control.
We are all reminded from time to time, more so in recent months by quakes, floods, extreme heat and drought, tornadoes, and a hurricane, that this world we live in is in control of a Divine Hand. God has to get the attention of our high tech minds and bring us back to thoughts of mortality and immortality. Are we listening? Are we getting the message? I hope so, but doubt that many are.
I love this simple spiritual that says it all:
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the wind and rain in His hands
He's got the tiny baby in His hands
He's got you and me, brother, in His hands.
He's got the whole world in HIS HANDS.
