Nature

Today I read Genesis 8:21-10:20 and Matthew 5:31-6:12. My favorite verses are:

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

God created the progression of seasons, and God created rules of nature which control the weather. This time of year in the Midwest, the weather is often an issue. Right now we are deciding on Plan B for Thursday and Friday of this week because we might get a big snow Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The weather forecasters can’t say for sure how much or exactly where it will fall, but God knows. His distribution of cold, heat, sun, rain, and snow is no respecter of persons or situations. The laws of nature created by God generally rule. God may choose to intervene and change nature’s course in some instances, but most often he allows nature to take its “natural course”. We learn to plan ahead and use common sense in dealing with nature, and it is always a good idea to talk to God about plans and preparations that may be affected by uncertain weather. He might change the weather for us—or He might just change our plans.