Tuesday 13 June, 2006                                  subscribe | unsubscribe | discuss | archive

 

A distant roar

by Bruce Wadd  

 

Listening to a loud roar in the distance often makes you wonder what it is. 

 

So what could it be?  The noise of a busy freeway?  The crashing waves of pounding surf?  The rumble of a coming storm?

 

I had the privilege of growing up where all three were present in my life.  With the ocean several hundred metres from my family home, a busy highway on the opposite side, and regular storms during spring and summer, distant noises were regularly being deciphered.

 

Sometimes it meant impending danger – a massive thunderstorm bearing down – whilst at other times the noise signified joy and elation – a great surf!

 

All of these possess the ability to make you wonder - what it could be? 

 

You too might be aware of a distant noise in your life, one where either disaster or exhilaration is coming.  Whatever circumstance arrives in your life today, just trust.  Listen…

 

“And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you.  Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to Him.” James 4:8

 

TODAY, know that the roar coming doesn’t matter… God’s in charge!

 

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