The "work of the heavens" wreaking havoc on Moore,
Oklahoma calls into question just how mindful God might be about mortals. But
then whenever humans suffer sudden destruction God’s providence is almost
always called into question. The ability to hold onto faith without minimizing
the reality of loss does not diminish the majestic name above all the earth.
Indeed, it is because the God who in the psalmist’s imagination created the
very winds that wiped away Moore, OK was himself swept away by death on a cross
that we can claim God knows our pain and shares our suffering. It could be that
you prefer a majestic name that remains above all the earth but I am going to
hold onto a God come down whose hands and feet are fastened to wood so that
mine are set free from trying to understand why things happen trusting that in the
end the Majestic name knows ours.
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