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hand of god praise you gracious god for protecting me and my family by moving that hurricane out of the path of my home the quiet part: and into someone else's
Hurricane Helene has killed 189 people and counting. My family lost power for 4.5 days—and all the food in our fridge and chest freezer—but we are safe and so is our home.
I have no patience for people who say God protected them from the storm while 189 people are dead and hundreds are still missing.
Either God saved you AND killed those 189 or he didn’t kill them AND he didn’t save you.
In what universe does an all-powerful being get 100% of the credit and 0% of the blame?
I get that - but how do we express relief/thankfulness when we do escape? There must be a right way to do that.
Yes, I've been thinking of that poem, and also 'she was on a mission' which I set to music. But I've also been thinking of a Bible verse, as paraphrased by Lou Reed in his addiction ballad Perfect Day: "You're gonna reap just what you sow."