Drought stretches across America,
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What do you think when you read headlines like the above? Does the "end of the world," come to mind? The Second Coming is near.
Let me put your mind to rest. In today's Midday Prayer, Psalm 60 is introduced with these calming words, "You will suffer in the world, but have confidence: I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)
O God, you have rejected us and broken us.
You have been angry; come back to us.
God is not vengeful. God does not take His anger out on His people. Think about it. Think. Do you think that the God who came as a helpless babe, among the poor, would do that? Think. Destruction, wrath, war, natural disasters, etc., just isn't the way He operates.
It's not the way He responds. Think of the indignities Jesus went through. Think of Jesus' crucifixion.
It's not God's way.
