Thought Quotient

I’m reading about the hurricane devastation and seeing that phrase mentioned a lot. Is everything gone? Well, certainly people’s material possessions are gone. But how long were they really going to last anyway? Can we take them with us when we die? The folks that appear to be the big losers here are coming to a realization sooner than others - and that is: material possessions are temporary. Some folks will only come to that realization after they die, when it is too late to change their view of life. C. S. Lewis wrote,

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

Is He shouting to a materialistic culture in this disaster? Have we become deaf to his whispers or calls? What can we learn from it? Can blessings come from what seems like a curse?

Matthew 6:19-20
Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or–worse!-stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.

…and they’ll be safe from hurricanes too.

Thanks to CNN.com for posting this info…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists these organizations for those seeking to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina:

Related links:

New Orleans Governor asks residents to spend Wednesday in prayer

FEMA news

Recognizing my utter inability to maintain a righteous standard is precisely what is required before I can fully embrace my Christianity. In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis wrote, “Thus, in one sense, the road back to God is a road of moral effort, of trying harder and harder. But in another sense it is not trying that is ever going to bring us home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, ‘You must do this. I can’t'”
- Kelly Minter - from Water into Wine