On Droughts and Mole Hills

I was just thinking about the fires in California. I have a friend who started a church in San Diego and he has evacuated his home and the last I heard did not know where his church was going to hold services on Sunday. The fires are because of a drought. A drought. I am used to thinking of droughts and famines in the Sudan or in Ethiopia but not in California. There seems to be a growing concern in the western states. The water tables are really low and one more year of below average rainfall could put us smack dab in the middle of a drought of biblical proportions. It just goes to show that we can be concerned about a lot of things and in a heart beat God can twist off a water spigot and make every other concern fade away. Sometimes I need that I think. I remember in Jr.High when I would complain about my sore ankle or something and a friend would say," I can make you not forget about your ankle". He would then punch me in my arm so hard that I could think of nothing else. He, of course, would laugh and walk away. In all honesty, it worked. I never mentioned my ankle to that kid again. In fact, whenever I was around him I was reminded of how good everything was just in case he would ask. I don't think we have to play those games with God but I do know that in my life mole hills sometimes become mountains and it takes a drought sometimes to remind me of what a mountain looks like.