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Hurricane Katrina reminds me of a post<\/a> I wrote last year partly regarding Hurricane Jeanne.<\/p>\n

In one person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153testimony\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, he made mention that God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand is evident in the recent barrage of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. He made particular reference to Hurricane Jeanne and God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand guiding it wherever it goes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My response was as follows:<\/p>\n

Naturally, I have a problem with this thought. I have a problem believing that God directed a hurricane to the poorest countries in the western hemisphere in order that one and a half thousand people would be killed. What horrendous sins could these 1,500 men, women and children committed that would warrant God sending a relentless hurricane to a country already reeling from thousands killed this spring in massive floods and February in civil war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been thinking about this concept; the idea that God punishes the wicked with natural disasters. It seems that many ancient prophets foretold of a future time where people would be more wicked and there would be more calamities.<\/p>\n

I have a thought though. What if all these calamities are not a direct result of our wickedness?<\/p>\n

Presumably, God can see all things past, present and future. One can assume then thousands of years ago, he knew that a day would come where the earth would be plagued by earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and the like. He also knew that the inhabitants of the earth would be more base and more willing to turn their backs on Him.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, however, He told the prophets of these calamities not because he Was going to use them to punish us, but to use them as a sign. Perhaps all these calamities are not divinely created or guided. Perhaps they are all natural. Perhaps he saw them happening and told the prophets about them so that we, in the future, could use them as an indication that we need to be more righteous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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