The Most Loving Thing
Los Angles is on fire right now. I'm sure you've seen it on the news. We have fires all the time, but this one seems worse, and a little out of season actually (we have a "fire season" in California, believe it or not). I went to work two days ago to find this as I skated in: The first day of the Malibu fire And then as I worked, I watched the fires -- like actually saw flames that must have been several stories tall, because they were about twenty miles away -- flare up like dragon heads all day long, until night looked like a volcano erupting: On the second day of it, a friend at work said, "All it would take is a little rain to fix this," and he's right. So why doesn't God just send rain? I've certainly prayed for it, as I'm sure many also have. Instead, it's dry as a bone and windy. Why? I work with a guy who is a staunch atheist, and we've had a few talks about God and the problems of the world. He seems pretty hung up on all t...