so...how's the weather? (ii)

34 hours.

It's incomparable to the 4 days of no power that Isabel put parts of VA through. Props to the Dominion Power for being on their game this year. Bet your bottom dollar, that we had Snap!'s The Power on repeat.

Unfortunately, as the days go by, more news of Irene's devastation on the East Coast just keeps coming in. Time and time again, folks have wondered in the aftermath of natural disasters, why has this happened?

I am not seasoned enough to give an adequate answer, but I do know this...Natural disasters give folks new perspectives on life.

In the midst of the 34 hours of being "unplugged", I've been reminded and have had to relearn to appreciate a lot more of the things we have taken for granted. Yes, we in the First World have it easy. Water running INSTANTANEOUSLY from a tap; internet downloading video, music, etc. etc. faster than we can sneeze;  flips, switches, buttons, and screens we manipulate by A FINGER to manipulate a plethora of electronics...I think you get the picture. We have so much stuff that once we lose control of ONE thing, we go to pieces.

I cannot help but think of His words from the Sermon on the Mount.

No, dear reader, I am not trivializing the loss of life in the midst of tragedy. Rather, I am asking us to remember where our treasures lie.

Matthew 6:19-21.