It is well

Monday May 20th, 2013 is a day that everyone in this area will always remember where they where when they heard the news that a tornado had hit Moore, Oklahoma. I was on my way back from Tulsa when the sports radio station I was listening to suddenly became a weather station. It wasn't until a few hours later that I learned the magnitude of the tragedy. 

Over the last few days we have learned that dear couple to us lost their home and everything they own save the clothing on their backs. As Angie and I text them back and forth and chatted with them on the computer the reality of what happened truly set in. An old hymn came to my mind. "It is Well" by Horatio Spafford. 

"When peace like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know, 

It is well, it is well, with my soul"

As we spoke to our friend I never heard "Where was God". What I heard was "God is good, God is faithful". I heard "God kept us safe". Our friends had decided that even when they didn't understand why, they still had faith that God was in control.

Now don't get me wrong, people will struggle over the next few months. Strong christian men and women will doubt and worry that their faith was for nothing. But God is big enough to hold them, and when all is said and done they will rise again and say "It is well"