Article September 15, 2014 Issue

Taken care of, not terrorized

Laura S. Jacobs

Living in Florida, my husband and I have the privilege of praying for safety from destructive weather during the yearly and much-publicized hurricane season.

The night of September 4, 2004, was a night my husband and I spent in deep prayer, acknowledging God’s protection, as Hurricane Frances headed toward our area. We’d boarded up our windows and stocked up with recommended supplies, but our main preparation was setting aside special times for prayer in the days before the projected landfall.

We acknowledged God’s great love for the citizens of our community and our state, since all are in reality the spiritual ideas, or children, of God. And we just could not dignify calling the hurricane by its given name because we knew from our spiritual study that God’s government does not include a destructive force that can harm His creation.