God Is In Control

During a recent trip to visit my husband's birth mother, she and my husband got into a somewhat heated debate about global warming. My husband is what she called "one of those global warmers," as am I. Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that global warming is, in fact, taking place, she continues to deny that anything at all is wrong. Although I wasn't present (unfortunately) for their interesting deliberations, it apparently went something like this.

"Glaciers and ice caps are melting at an alarming rate," he told her.

"How would you know? Have you been there? Have you seen them?" she asked.

"The Amazon rainforest is being cleared... are you implying that if it disappears entirely, there will be no effect on the Earth's climate?" he asked.

"No effect at all. Besides, how do you know it's being cleared? Have you been there? Have you seen it?" she replied.

"Some of the hottest years in recorded history have occurred within the last 20 years," he rebutted.

"The only recorded history I need to know is that which is in the Bible. And I'll tell you about hot. Hell is hot and those that don't believe that will get to experience it firsthand. God is in control and if you don't have faith in the fact that He is controlling everything, you're in trouble," she retorted.

Why is it so easy for some folks to cling to an unseen, omnipresent, omnipotent God but ignore the evidence that is right in front of their eyes? Had I been there, I think I would have asked her, "How do you know God exists? Have you seen Him? How do you know the Bible is true? Were you there when it was written?"

Guess I'm going to Hell, huh?