On Sunday mornings I attend an adult Sunday school class that features materials made available on line. It's called the Wired Word. Each week one of us takes a turn leading the discussion and tomorrow is my turn. The topic tomorrow deals with the flooding that has been happening in the Carolinas this past week and making the decision to stay and rebuild or move away. One of the questions included with the study material asks "Does God ever use disasters to send us a message?"
Personally, I don't think God works that way, and I know that having your home destroyed by a flood is no laughing matter but the question did remind me of my favorite flood related joke:
An old man, having decided not to evacuate, found himself trapped in his house as flood waters were starting to cover some roads. His neighbor drove up in his truck and said "You'd better come with me before we can't get out of here." To which the old man replyed "No, I'm a good Christian and I trust God to save me." So the neighbor drove away. Soon the water was rising fast and his yard was completely flooded. A team of rescuers came by in a boat and said "Get in the boat, before it gets any deeper." He refused again, giving the same answer he had given his neighbor. By and by, the water had risen so high that the old man was forced to climb out on his roof to be above water. As he sat there a helicopter flew over and someone lowered a rope ladder to him but he refused help again, still insisting that God would save him. Eventually the old man was washed away and died in the flood. When he stood before his maker he said "God, I have always believed in you. Why didn't you save me from the flood?" To which God replied "I sent you a truck, a boat and a helicopter. What more did you need?"
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