Disasters are unavoidable and inevitable like death. It comes and goes as it wishes but I believe that, to destroy life depends fully on the sovereignty of God. There is nothing under the heaven that happens without the knowledge of God, for everything is naked before his eyes.
About a decade ago, my family had wrestled with landslides or let me also say mudslides. It had been a part of our visitor for over some years and so we expected him (if I may say) when it rains. However, God was and is good and faithful even during those unpleasant times. The good thing was that landslides did not occur from below, but right above our house. Had it occured from below, it would have dragged our house down to the river. There were times where landslides would overwhelmed us, that mud would reached the roof of our house. There were also times where right after school we (siblings) had to rest in our neighbor's domicile due to the road blockage. I also remembered an incident that happened late at night around 10 pm. It was a rainy evening and so I was warming myself near the hearth. I stayed till 10 pm and later as soon as I left for my room, suddenly retaining walls, made not of bricks but solid rocks came tumbling and rolling down right in the face of the kitchen walls. As I heard that I was literally shivering not knowing what to do since my parents were in the village and I was alone with my eldest brother. However, God was faithful and good again as I witnessed that those solid square rocks had destroyed only a small pink bucket, disfigured one water container and one solid square rock was found in the plastic water drum. The devil might have thought for once "I've got them now" but no, God's goodness exceeds far beyond even in the midst of an unexpected and unpleasant situation.
As I contemplate and ponder back, I realised that God did not leave us out alone. Landslides did pregnant our house as it hits the walls but I'm thankful that the walls were not made of bricks but tins. Bricks can collapse but not tins. Can't imagine how much it would have cost us if it was made of bricks. God also sent helpful neighbors who came and enjoyed the mud-balls with us which would roll down to the river with all its might.
I feel that sometimes, it is better to dwell with a disaster because it helps us to learn, experience and grow from it. Escaping a disaster may save us from getting a scar, but better is with a scar for it gives us valuable lessons. It is also intriguing that disaster can help us to even discover more about the attributes of God if we set our minds right even in the midst of our storm.
We all know that problems and difficulties in life are inevitable which might bring about a disaster. Yet, I want to say that we must learn to praise God in the midst of our storm. Let's try our best to discover the goodness and faithfulness of God even if our situations may seem dark, because God will never leave us alone. He always rescues and He always saves. I believe God's faithfulness and goodness are not meant only when we are living a peaceful life but I think it is best understood when we discover those in the midst of our storm.
#Reminiscing the good old stories and discovering what the mind thinks about them.
#God is faithful and good.
Thanks for reading. God bless you. 😇
_Vizo Seyie
