November 6, 2005
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Power
A storm rolled in last night,
bringing with it lots of thunder and lightning. There was a boom
that rocked the house at one point – we all felt the impact of it, as
if a bomb had gone off right outside. It was so dark and windy we
couldn’t see much except a big chunk of wood that was lying on the
grass. This morning the source of the wood became evident to
us. Lightning had struck a tall pine tree just east of the
house. The energy had blown off part of the trunk of the tree -
just blown it completely away from the tree. We’re not talking
tree bark here. We’re talking a huge strip of the actual trunk of
the tree. One of the pieces of wood was catapulted about 80 feet
from the tree. I lifted that chunk of wood today and it was about
20 lbs worth of wood. Here’s what the tree looks like now:
The amount of power it took to blow that tree apart is
incredible. And to think that that was just one bolt of lightning
out of the thousands of lightning bolts there are around the world
every hour. There’s a lot of energy on the loose out there.
Why then does it surprise me when God performs miracles or answers
prayer?
