Talk about the weather
I seem to get into conversations about the weather all the time. It’s one of the few things that everyone in the world has in common because we’ve all been outside at one time or another. It’s also a very controversial topic. People don’t just tell me what the weather is; they also give me their opinion about it. “Hot” and “cold” are pretty subjective terms; since my definition of “cold” is “below freezing,” I’m find myself in a lot of arguments on people on 40-degree days. Yet it’s rarely just “hot” or “cold” outside; it’s “too hot” or “too cold” or “a lot hotter than yesterday” (spoken with implied approval or disapproval).If God had a phone number, people would probably dial the seven digits to his voice mail all the time just to comment on the climate. Journalists would go nuts. They’d take polls about it every day, or even every few hours, and then call God and say, “Lord, your approval ratings on the weather dropped under 50% for the first time this year because the groundhog saw his shadow. What are you planning to do about this?” or “Lord, are you planning another snow day to increase support among your under-18 constituents?” or “Lord, the people of Kansas feel you discriminated against them by giving them a disproportionate amount of tornadoes this year. What is your response to these allegations?”
God would be a good sport, but one day, He might get tired of it and say, “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone – while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?”
The journalist would become indignant and reply, “Whoa, whoa, whoa! All right, Man! I’m just trying to do my job.” God would end the interview with peace and forgiveness, but He’d still cringe when he saw the next morning’s headline: “Weather Query Precipitates Stormy Response From Divinity.”
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