Millions of people in the Houston area had plans for this week. Others would just go through the motions, their activities dictated by their commitments. Some would spend the bulk of their time in school or at work.

Not so! With an average of 7 1/2″ of rain falling over Harris Couny in one night, and prolonged thunderstorms, and even hailstorms and tornadoes striking the area—and it’s not over yet—the area is experiencing unprecedented flooding.

Many of the giant school districts in the area have been struck hard. Joy teaches in the Klein Independent School District — one of thousands of teachers employed there, and the entire system, 50,000 students, is closed for the fourth day.

More violent storms are sweeping in from the northwest this morning, and two reservoirs on the west side of Houston are at record levels, overflowing, the dams in danger of breaking.

Just the hailstorm alone caused over $1-billion in damage. The damage from flooding is widespread and unprecedented.

And now more damage and more lives are in danger.

Perhaps these “acts of God,” as the insurance companies once labeled them, will cause people to awaken spiritually. Perhaps not.

One thing is certain. Across America and around the world, countless numbers have turned away from their Christian beliefs and have become hedonistic, materialistic, and sensual. Others are turning to other religions, or to atheism.

It’s as though we are caught up in a great whirlpool of iLOVE, a tempest of lust, greed, and spiritual death. It’s difficult during such times not to imagine we might be in the last of the last times, where there is a great falling away.

The encouraging thing is that millions around the world, people caught up by terror and persecution, are searching for and finding the love of God in Christ.

Frank/April 21, 2016