Sure, He made the world and maybe He knew hurricanes would kill people. But who can say the weather patterns weren’t different before sin? And earth is supposed to be temporary anyway. On the crime front, the last time I knew God didn’t pull the trigger.

Despite the ugly aspects of our world, God is very much in charge. And He has a way of comforting us – if we’re willing to let him. Simply asking, “God, I need your help” may not be enough – though He’s known to respond in different ways.  We’d be better off saying, “I need you.” It’s not His help we need in the middle of a crisis as much as the relationship He longs for us to embrace.

Have you?