Weathering
Storms, fire
Firestorms
That’s in California
Floods, tornadoes
Water-sheets
And other means
Of rain to strike
At us
Texas and in Florida
Where sand is
Bagged by convict
Volunteers—on
North through
Eastern USA
River-rise in Paris
Art treasures
Moved toward
More-protected
Ground
Certain seasons
Start all over (as
In again and
Everywhere)
In nature’s timing
And all storms’
Discretion
Selfishly, I am
Well above brick
Walkways and
Macadam streets
I have electric
In safe measure—
Mostly, though
Not always:
A tree smashed
Into the house
Not so long ago
A favorite book,
The Mighty Acts
Of God, a
Faithful book
Nature is God’s,
And the Christian
Claim is God is
Love
So what is the
Love here? It
Id that God loves
Us and leaves
Us the means—even
In, and as, a fallen
World
Our part to start
Redress is to resolve
To do so
That’s it: resolve
(The rest follows)
clcouch123 
June 7, 2016 at 5:50 am
poignant thought-provoking piece, brother. Indeed the changing seasons, change and kills lives. But seasons are God’s. And God is love, so where is love in killer seasons? I must not answer. I must stay silent, and let humans know the answer staring in front of their blank blind faces.
June 7, 2016 at 11:50 am
Your response, Rosema, is profound. I don’t like suffering and hard times. But these are not reasons for giving up on God or on God’s love. Our choices matter, and so the world has to have real consequences. We have will. And, frankly, God loves us in that as well.
June 8, 2016 at 6:57 pm
Christopher,
So many times I wonder within myself. With all this evidence how can men’s mind be so blind? And yet even more, when they suffer, how can they go on without God?
Heat is upon us, and I am not looking forward to fire possibilities..
June 9, 2016 at 6:44 pm
I know wildfires can happen. I hope you and yours are safe.
About faith, I agree. The evidence abounds. Even choice would seem to be a gift, since we are not like other animals in this (we can choose beyond impulse)–and since our choices can make such a difference.
June 10, 2016 at 12:03 am
I hope so too. In God we trust 🙂
Yes, have the freedom to choose, is the best gift after Jesus 🙂