My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the Oklahoma tornado yesterday. According to the Washington Post the tornado, touched down at 2:56 p.m. yesterday outside Oklahoma City, left massive destruction in its wake and took the lives of at least 24 people.
The level of devastation caused by yesterday’s storm, had 166 mile per hour (mph) to 200 mph winds. Oklahoma itself is also no stranger to these storms.
For the Oklahoma tornado victims here's a poem & prayer:
By Irene Latham
The story comes grumbling
over the hill. It tumbles
hailstones and cracks tree-trunks.
It craves front-page news,
so it musters all speed
and muscle. It tears across
Main Street, steals shingles
and un-parks cars.
It whirls, whistles
screams and teems with twists
no one sees coming.
We huddle, hunch
brace ourselves for the end.
When sunshine arrives,
we unfold, emerge.
Our words echo
and soothe as we join
hands with our neighbors.
Together
we sift through rubble
to shape a new story.
It rises like hallelujah!
as a goldfinch gathers
thistle to rebuild its nest.
A Prayer from Psalm 46
God Is Our Refuge
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.
God we cry out to You in this time of devastation. In times where You seem absent and I ask, Why.....
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.
God we cry out to You in this time of devastation. In times where You seem absent and I ask, Why.....
Why, have you allowed this storm?
Where were you in the midst of the cries for help?
.... ..... the storm rolled on..... .....
Now please rise up compassion and action within our hearts. Please unifty those in Oklahoma. Comfort them. Help them rebuild.
....Amen.
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