God, the weatherman?

"God was so good to us that the rain stopped when we arrived at the beach, and started up again after a wonderful day out, just as we were getting into the car"...

These were the words I heard. That seemed like such a wonderful thing to report. Then I thought about why was it raining at all, and was it warm enough for them? Did God not grace them with a whole week of sunshine?

And what about Hurricane Katrina that caused so much destruction in the states - Was that God too? You see, if its not OK to say "God sent the Hurricane", its not OK to say "God gave us good weather".

Or, is it the case that God gives good weather and the Evil one stirs up the bad stuff? Perhaps God is no longer playing Chess with the Devil (see "Spanish Train", by CdeB), but is now in a struggle for the climate. As each new weather catastrophe appears, God stamps it out, like some divine game of 'whack-a-mole', spreading rays of sunshine when he's done. You see how silly this is all getting?

So if you're going to credit God with your sunny day, your free parking space, your lottery win, or whatever else, make sure you remember to praise him in church on Sunday for the whole picture, for the cancers, catastrophes and cold snaps.

Credit where credit's due.....