{"id":545,"date":"2015-10-18T23:19:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ralf-schlegel\/?p=545"},"modified":"2015-10-18T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:19:18","slug":"in-big-need-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ralf-schlegel\/2015\/10\/18\/in-big-need-of-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"In Big Need Of Rain!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dinangat<\/a><\/p>\n

“Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly,\u2026 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life;\u2026 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures for ever \u2013 do not abandon the works of your hands.”<\/em><\/strong> Psalm 138:6-9<\/p>\n

God strengthened my heart this week with those verses in Psalm 138. Things aren\u00b4t always going the way we want them to go. And sometimes we don\u2019t understand God and why He doesn\u2019t intervene since nothing is impossible for Him.<\/p>\n

Since July it hasn\u2019t rained here. What has always been green and fresh all year long is now yellow and brown. Small harmless fires go out of control and suddenly become huge fires across the mountains destroying gardens, bamboo and grass which the Dinangat people dearly need for food and building houses. Some can water their gardens with bamboo water pipes but some just can\u2019t because of the location of their gardens. Our small hydro system which provides enough power for our computers, lights and fridges is producing very little power now, making it very difficult to function. Every day we pray, “Lord, please give us rain!”<\/p>\n

The Lord is on high, He is sovereign over everything. The believers here are certain of that. Whenever we talk about the weather, which is pretty much daily :), we encourage each other with words like in Psalm 138\u2026 “The Lord is on high, He knows what we need, He is good and will not forget about us! Every day we will have exactly what we need!<\/em>”<\/p>\n