Stay Attached

(Pro 10:25 KJV)  As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The Living Bible infers that this “whirlwind” touches both the “wicked” and the “righteous”.  That would conform to the observations of life.  It is the source of the book “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People.”  God seems to allow His chosen ones to go through hard times.

But the results are different.

If you watch your trees during the high winds of spring you will notice two responses of the leaves.  At least I see this in the oaks in my yard.  The dead leaves are shaken loose and blown across the landscape to rot and become fertilizer.  The leaves that are still alive and well attached shake a bit but remain to provide life giving photosynthesis.  

So?  This is the picture given to us of our place in creation.  Hard times will come.  Israel was warned about the desolation coming.  In the midst of those predictions there was usually a word of hope for the faithful.  Be one of the faithful.