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By Marlene Custer
06/02/21
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Mark sat on the little porch outside his home after getting ready for Sunday morning church. He glanced over at the pond that was just a stone’s throw away. He watched as the pond algae that had been clinging to one side began moving toward the center of the pond. It slowly moved back to the side, then returned to the middle again before returning once more to where it had been clinging. “That’s strange,” he mused. “I’ve never seen that before.”

A short time earlier, Betty Lou, who lived about 30 miles south in Chiang Mai, was getting dressed for church. She had sat down on the edge of the bed and felt what she was sure was an earthquake. She had felt mild shakings before, so was not really concerned about it.

Both Mark and Betty Lou attended church services and enjoyed a refreshing lunch. It was not until later in the afternoon that the news stations began telecasting the tragedy that was still unfolding. That morning there was a shifting of the tectonic plates below the Indian Ocean that sent waves as high as 100 feet racing towards the shores of South and Southeast Asia. Nearly 230,000 people, including the young grandson of the reigning King of Thailand, lost their lives. It has been declared one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.

Sometimes an upheaval occurs in our lives that is just as devastating to us as a tsunami. We are overwhelmed and not sure if we can even continue living. God’s Word comforts us with the assurance that we can still trust in His goodness. In such times our focus must remain on Christ. Isaiah urged his listeners, “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord is an everlasting rock.” Psalm 46 also proclaims, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”

“Father, please strengthen my trust in You. Help me keep anchored to you no matter how turbulent the circumstances may be in my life. Thank you for your promises. Amen.”

NIV Psalm 46:1-3, ESV Isaiah 26:4

I was in Northern Thailand in December 2004 when this event occurred.

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