There’s always something…

There’s always something that happens next. Speaking to colleagues yesterday I was told of the incoming Hurricane Ida making its way from Gulf of Mexico into Louisiana. According to their Governor a hurricane 300 miles in size readying to dump up to 20 inches of rain in the next two days. The strongest hurricane category 4 in 150 years on the 16th Anniversary of Katrina.

We seem to go from one danger to another, one event to the next, there’s always something. One wonders if we just hear more news with communication networks now performing 24 x 7 or is this just a time in the world. How much can mankind cope with ? From Afghanistan to Alabama from Covid to Climate Change. Individuals are facing more challenges with Finances, Relationships and Storms of all sorts. The changes being brought on all our lives seem relentless, never ending and in particular for our youth uncertain. Where we are born and where we live will affect our lives and as the global population now 7.8 billion reaches 10 billion in the next 30 years there is a greater squeeze with more pressure on the planet. Tim Marshall’s book on the Power of Geography is a bestseller must read.

Adjustment disorder is the new kid on the block as change increases anxiety and stress levels. Mankind on the move be it home or job is a massive ask especially for refugees having to flee their nation. Divorce destroys families more and more and post lockdown those family lawyers are busier than ever. In Britain , Brexit is causing a new world which we await to see outcome yet it’s just more change at a time we perhaps needed stability. No accident perhaps that Bonny Glasgow hosts the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Life of course has too many mysteries to work out all this and what happens next is something that you have no choice but to deal with best you can, these tests and trials are ultimately anchored only by Faith in God who promises never to leave you or forsake you and who calmed the storm by speaking to it. Today calm any storm in your life by speaking into it, rebuking it’s affect and raising your expectations to new horizons for yes there’s always something but that something is invariably better and change the necessary catalyst to bring you into a better place.

Meantime pray for those in Louisiana and Mississippi who later today are scheduled to meet Ida with all its force and fury. Hurricanes can divert and dissipate just like problems that we face, very often changing in shape as the threat of woe turns into a whimper. Do not fear is a message given 38 times in the Bible and it’s one worth listening to for there will always be something.