“Robert left his world a hero, as he shielded Mrs.
Paula during the storm.” This is how a Facebook message describes the
death of a sheriff’s deputy in Mississippi and his wife.
They were two of more than twenty victims of severe weather that swept across the South earlier this week. The storms killed people in Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Electricity was lost to nearly 1.3 million customers.
Andrew Phillips crowded into a closet-sized “safe
room” with his wife and two sons in rural Moss, Mississippi. They had been
watching an online Easter service because the pandemic forced their church to
halt regular worship. Then a twister struck, shredding their house. The room,
built of cinder blocks, was the only thing on their property left standing.
“I’m just going to let the insurance handle it and trust the good Lord,” said Phillips.
Life goes on in this fallen world
One of the tragedies of the coronavirus pandemic is that
other tragedies are still just as tragic. From heart attacks and strokes to
storms and car accidents, life goes on in this fallen world. The pandemic adds
a dimension of fear and uncertainty to the present and future, making our lives
feel even more fragile.
But Andrew Phillips is right: no matter what happens on this
broken planet, the Lord is still good.
Nothing about the present changes his past character or future providence. From Abel’s death in Genesis to John’s exile in Revelation, God’s people have suffered along with everyone else. Sometimes he prevents tragedies (as when he freed Peter from Herod’s prison in Acts 12), but sometimes he allows pain and redeems it for the greater good (as with Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” in 2 Corinthians…
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