Rain?

So it has been a long time since we have had any rain in our part of Texas...Well I guess in any part of Texas.  We are longing for rain!  In the past year we have had less than an inch of rain and this has been one of the hottest years on record.  What is going on?  Why are we being deprived of such a necessity such as water?  Can we survive?

This insight came to me the other day.  In OT times when the people of Israel doubted God, disobeyed God or acted foolish in Gods eyes they were punished.  They were punished with drought, plague, famine ect...  Is this God telling us to wake up?  Have we been trying to live without God for so long that He is finally saying "if y'all think you can do it on your own, we shall see"?  It makes sense doesn't it?  We have tried to live our own way forever.  We act as if we don't need God anymore.  We truly believe we can do it on our own.  Look at America...Look at the political system....Look at where our morals are...We are lost!  We never truly turn to God anymore and I feel like this is our punishment.  I know what many will say "God wouldn't do that to us"  but if you look at history He will, He has, and He can!

Come on people it's time to turn to God again.  I dont know how long this drought will happen. I dont know what it will take to Convince God that we are listening, but I fear that if we do not turn to God then the quality of life that we enjoy will be lost.  Does this make God a bad man? NO! it makes Him truthful.  It makes him real...if our children do wrong we punish them for a period of time...then we allow them to resume their lives...It's in God's timing and His timing is perfect.