New Zealand is currently experiencing rainy and windy weather, to the extent that many holiday-makers have abandoned their holiday park reservations and headed home. Beaches have been closed, and storm warnings are in place for the Coromandel. Power cuts have occurred in parts of Auckland as a result of the storm and there are predictions of another storm next week.
Meanwhile, our daughter, who is visiting her brother in Russia, sent us their weather prediction.

No matter how much money one spends on a holiday or trip, nobody can guarantee ideal weather. We know full well from our stays at the South Coast that, out of perhaps 60 days holiday, there will not be more than about ten days which are beach days.
For all our technological advances, Man has not been able to control the weather. Only God can do that. The Old Testament contains many accounts of God directing winds, storms, withholding rain or even sending earthquakes.
Exodus 14:21b “…the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, …” 1 Kings 19:11 tells of the earthquake, gale and fire that Elijah experienced although God was not in any of these mighty forces, He sent them. Jonah 1:4, “Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.” Later on, “God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint.” (Jonah 5:8)
It is no wonder that when Jesus calmed the storm, the disciples “were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” (Mark 4:31)
What Man cannot do, God can do. There is also no storm in our lives that He cannot control.
My Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, You are God. You are my God. I trust myself to You, knowing that there is no storm in my life that You cannot calm if You will. Amen.