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Terrifyingly Magnificent
Filed Under Life
April 27th, 2011 will be a day to remember. The day that huge tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa. My Southern home. Being away from it all, I didn’t necessarily know the extent of the damage or the significance of what was actually going on down there.
Then I watched the video. All I could do was stare at it. I mean, are you kidding me? My eyes were glued to my screen. I was thinking about how powerful this thing was and how much damage it was doing. But then I was overwhelmed with another feeling…deep, sincere awe. It was beautiful! I thought it was weird to feel that, but my friend Rachel said something that totally made sense, “I’m fairly confident that I can say that all creation exists to reveal something about the nature and character of God.”
Like the tornado, God is powerful, He is strong. He changes things in His wake, and He is so beautiful in a way that words cannot describe. Things don’t always make sense to us, but they make sense to Him.
But this tornado is only a GLIMPSE of the power and majesty of our God. I believe it’s only a sliver of who He is and what He is capable of doing. Let us praise Him for His glorious majesty!
“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.” - Psalm 8:1