March 29 – “Warning”

Well, imagine our surprise.  Last night (or very early this morning, actually) we were rudely awakened by a horrendous squawking sound.  It was emanating from the bedside table.  And what would be on the table that would make such an awful racket?  My phone, of course.  And what could possibly possess it to so offensively attack our peaceful slumber?  Just doing its job.  We were under a tornado warning.  And it the timeless words of the warning … “Take cover now.”  So we did.  Took us a while to get back to sleep, but we were under the covers at least. 

Wow.  It feels good to know you are obeying orders and getting some sleep in.  Oh, did I mention the actual time of this unspeakable interruption of our precious sleep patterns?  Try 3:15 a.m.  Yep.  And the warning was to last all the way until 3:30 a.m.  So for a full fifteen minutes we had to worry that a renegade tornado was going to rip us from the comfort of our bed.  But it didn’t.  We are safe.  It’s still raining this morning, but I guess the tornadoes have left the Island.  If they were ever really on the Island.  Those reports do include all of Galveston County, and a large part of Galveston is on the mainland.  I hope they were safe as well.

Psalms 2:10-12 says, “Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth.  Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling.  Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled.  How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!”

Father, thank you for emergency warnings.  You were pretty good at giving those as well, weren’t you?  Amen.