#56: Devastating Floods in Texas

On episode 56, Tim weighs in on the devastating floods ravaging through Texas.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is episode number fifty six of Bring Heaven Down.
My name is Tim and I'm the host of this
daily devotional podcast. Thank you for making this podcast part
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you're willing to do that as well. Today's topic is
a sad topic because of the catastrophe that's happened in

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the state of Texas with all of the flooding and
following the story, seeing all of the sadness because of
the people that have passed, and because of the children
that have been swept away while at camp just really

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hurts your heart. So that's what we're going to talk
about today. Grab your favorite drink or a cup of coffee,
and let's bring having a little closer together. The latest
death told that I've seen reported has been over eighty

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with over twenty missing children, and that just hurts your
heart because this storm literally came out of nowhere and
the flash flooding happened in the middle of the night.
Based off what I've read and based off what I've seen,

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people have posted time lapse videos of how quickly the
storm rose to twenty to thirty feet of floodwaters and
it happened at two, three, four am in the morning,
So there is not a worse time for a storm

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like this to hit a camp or anywhere while people
are sleeping in their bunk beds. With that said, we
also have to recognize God's sovereignty in this and miraculous moments.

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The Texas National Guard has successfully rescued a total of
five hundred and twenty victims from the floods. This includes
a mass of three hundred and sixty one air evacuations
by UH sixty Blackhawks and one hundred and fifty nine
rescues with ground assets. So, first of all, this is

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a sad, sad story, but there has been powerful moments
that had showcased of loving God. Because what happens when
you see stories like this, especially for the families that

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have lost kids or other family members, because that just
hurts thinking about the grieving process that they are going through,
the thought process that they are going through. Why did
we have to send them in a camp? Why did
we do this? Lots of whise lots of self blaming.

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I'm sure when this event was impossible to predict, and
I'm sure because I'm doing it too. It's hard not
to think about God in this moment and say, God,

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why did you allow this to happen? Why did he
allow a camp to be struck by a flood. Why
didn't you protect them? Where were you? And I don't
have an answer to why God allowed this to happen.

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But there are verses in the Bible a verse that
I think of, specifically in Romans, that says, and we
know that God works all things together for good for
those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.

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So in this moment of catastrophe, we need to lean
in and trust in what God says in the Bible.
We need to lean in and trust that all things
work together for the good of those who love God.

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Psalm forty six one through two. God is our refuge
and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we
will not fear, though the earth should change, though the
mountains shaken, the heart of the sea. So ninety one two.
I will save the Lord. He is my refuge and
my fortress, my God. In Him will I trust. Isaiah

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forty three to two. When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you, and through the rivers they
shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire,
you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle
upon you. We need to trust that God is our strength.
God is our comfort, and God is our peace. God

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is sovereign and in control. And this really also reminds
me this situation about the fact that we do take
life for granted. It takes moments like this to really

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reflect on and appreciate the amount of limited time we
have on earth. And then eventually what's said is we
end up going through our lives, we kind of forget
about it, We numb it, we forget about it. Life
goes on and we kind of stop again and we

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take life for granted. And then another catastrophe happens or
a loved one passes, and then we go through the
grieving process and we think, let's not take life for granted,
and then we do again. And then we do take
life for granted, and we do stop appreciating the small things,
and we do stop appreciating the things God provides, and

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then something like this happens again, and then we take
time and we think, oh, let's not take life for
It's a revolving door of taking life for granted, although
we are not guaranteed a single midted, a single hour
or a single day, a catastrophe or a loved one dies,

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and then we think, let's not take life for granted.
So this also should be a reminder to us that
life is a limited thing and at any moment, anybody

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could die, power crash age, the devastation in Texas, natural
weather disasters. So I think about it, and you've got
to pray for them. You've got to pray that they
are trusting and leaning in on God's strength through this time,

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even when they can't see, even when they don't understand,
even when they're questioning why, God, why. So my heart
really breaks for these families, and I pray that the
Lord works through this situation in ways that we can't see.

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Thank you for making this podcast part of your day,
and I hope you all have a good day.