Re: Houston Readies for Rita

On September 20th, The Observer wrote:


"I am not fearful of the storm's hitting,

<snip snip>

The Bible tells us that angels are mighty spiritual men of God who stand to
protect us from harm. They bear us up in their hands lest we dash our foot
against a stone.

That's more than comforting; it is satisfyingly sufficient.

--The Observer"



On September 21, Robbie wrote:
>
> "You're shitting yourself."
>
> --
> Robbie


On September 22, The Observer wrote:

"Chances are very good that we will get no more than tropical storm winds
here at the manor house.

Angels are mighty men of God whose created purpose is to protect the
children of God. Therefore I have no cause to fear anything that walks,
flies or crawls on its belly. <snip snip>

--The<sitting on God's knee in the lap of luxury>Observer"



On September 23, The Observer wrote:

"Or course, the hurricane is not forecast to actually come aground until
about six am tomorrow (that's morning for our Canadians), and we are not
expected to begin feeling the effects of wind and rain from the outer bands
until two hour ago.

As things improve, I will keep everyone informed.

--The Observer"


On September 24, (After the storm came ashore) The Observer wrote:

Here on the West side, Rita came in like a lamb and is going out the same
way.

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At 5:00 am/6:00 am, we're comfortable with breezy conditions and very light
rain as the eye of the storm is now about 50-75 miles inland and moving
northwesterly up along the western side of the Sabine River that separates
Texas from Louisiana.

No power outage at all for us--so far, and we don't expect that to change.

The temp is balmy as expected, and we're resolved to a couple of days of
intermittent rain as the storm decides its own direction and fate--hopefully
up toward Glenside PA.

2.7 million people were displaced by hyper media coverage, and they will
soon to be returning--converging on a small area of Texas. Best they be
prepared for the same kinds of delays they experienced when they needlessly
fled.

--The Observer


On September 29th, the Observer writes:

Christians--those who claim to trust in God--love to toss out the acronym to
non believers: WWJD. What would Jesus do? It makes them feel so elite and
superior, doesn't it?

Well, if Jesus were walking the earth in physical form today, and a
panic-stricken news media were to go ballistic and identify an approaching
hurricane the way the Houston media did when Rita was predicted to hit here,
what would Jesus do?

Would He put everything of value that He owned into His SUV and flee for His
life? Would he board up His windows and crawl into the bathtub and pull a
mattress over His head to wait out the storm's duration? Would he quake in
His sandals and piss His pants like a coward?

Well, let's examine the scripture and see what He would do.

If you recall from the New Testament, He and His men were on a small boat
on the sea when a terrible storm came up. He was asleep, so His men
rushed to Him and told Him to wake up because they were all going to perish.

"Master, wake up! This storm's going to kick our butts!" Or something like
that.

So, WDJD? What did Jesus do? Did He say, "Great God a-mighty! Row
faster, men?" Did He tell them to toss all cargo overboard? Did He tell
them to grab the life vests and hope for the best?

"Every man for himself?"

No, He merely stood up and spoke to the storm. He spoke to it with a power
He had, and the storm quieted down. He said, "Peace. Be still" And the
storm obeyed him. He used a special power. That power has a name.

After that, Jesus did something else. He said to his men, "Where is your
power?" In other words, why did you not use your power to do what I did
rather than wake me up for it? Yes, He told them that. He implied quite
clearly that they had the same power to do the same thing He did. Jesus
would not lie.

They were embarrassed and...
They said, "Lord, increase our power!"

Turn up the crank, give us that power so that we can do those kinds of
things.
You can read it for yourself, but in the next verse He tells them how to
*turn up
the crank* themselves. --How to increase their (this same) power that He
had and
used to still the storm.

When Hurricane Rita was predicted to hit Houston, my wife and I asked
ourselves, WWJD? And we did exactly as He did. We said (from the
scriptures) "Jesus has a name that is above every name. This storm has a
name, and His name is greater
than it." We said, "Rita we make your name subject to the name of Jesus,
and
in His name, you can't come in."

(Why do you think these Hurricanes have names? )

Rita went elsewhere.

You see, real believers in God have that same power that Jesus had; and we
can DWJD. We can do what Jesus did.

Scoffers will say, "Well, Geno you're very haughty to think that Rita turned
away from Houston because of your puny words."

Not so. Words are not puny.
The Bible says they are strong; and when they are in line with His Word,
they
are powerful. Jesus said, "a man shall have whatsoever he says."

Besides, 2.5 million people ran away in fear and at least that many stayed
in place. I'm not naive enough to believe that Mrs Observer and I were the
only ones
who said it. I suspect God got an earful from the two million who took Him
at
His word and stayed in place. The ones who Did What Jesus Did.

All the Houston Gulf Coast believers who ran away should really have a bone
to pick with God. After all, He obviously knew where the storm was going to
end up, don't you think? And if He told them to run away--as so many are
subtly implying--then His was a very cruel prank indeed.

What a practical joker God is, eh? What a fun guy.

The truth is that god *did* tell them run away. But it was god with a
little g.
It was a god whose middle initial is B and it stands for Broadcasting.
That's the god they listened to. Wrong one, always is.

As I said at the beginning of this message: "The Bible tells us that angels
are mighty spiritual men of God who stand to protect us from harm."

I picture a single, mighty angel standing on the coast at Galveston with his
hand held up in *halt* fashion. "You can't come in here," he says" Rita
went elsewhere.

Isn't this an interesting message? And informative, too, for those who have
eyes to see and ears to hear.

--The Observer












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