I may sound like a broken record — but I just can’t stop praying, believing, and asking “God, where were You?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s the question we\u2019re all asking right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where was God when the floodwaters rose and swept away so many hopes, dreams, and beautiful young lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could God have stopped it? Of course.
Could He have preserved every single life? Absolutely.
Did He have the power to part waters, wake campers, send angels? Without a doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet\u2026 He didn\u2019t. Not in the way we prayed. Not in the way we hoped. So we ask, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The truth is, we\u2019re not the first to ask.
Paul said it best in 1 Corinthians 13:12: \u201cNow we see through a glass, darkly\u2026\u201d
In other words \u2014 we see shadows. He sees the whole picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We wonder why God didn\u2019t stop this storm. But don\u2019t forget \u2014 He didn\u2019t stop the nails either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus could have called down twelve legions of angels to prevent His crucifixion\u2026 but He didn\u2019t.
Not because He couldn\u2019t \u2014 but because there was a deeper purpose unfolding. One we wouldn\u2019t understand until the empty tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This flood didn\u2019t catch God off guard. He saw it coming. He was already on the scene \u2014 in the chaos, in the courage, in the quiet miracles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was there \u2014 and is there \u2014 because that\u2019s who He is: Emmanuel\u2026 God with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t have the answers. But we do have a Savior who still speaks, a Gospel that still saves, and a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Romans 8:28 doesn\u2019t say all things are good \u2014 but it says God works all things FOR GOOD. Even floods. Even grief. Even the unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So where was God in the flood?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was in every rescue.
He was in every tear.
He is in every broken heart \u2014 holding, healing, redeeming.
He was grieving with us, carrying us, redeeming what we cannot yet understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And He\u2019s not done yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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