Tonight as I saw the lines of cars on the news I realized something very incredible: People were going to run out of gasoline and the gas stations on their way away from Rita were going to be closed because the people responsible for running the stations were going to be leaving, too. Further, police and various other sources of security and protection are going to be leaving at some point in time simply because it is not safe for people to be in the path of this hurricane. Even worse: elderly and handicap will be left behind in this. I don’t know who, I don’t know where but there will be reports of people who were simply left behind.

I’m praying for the folks in the route of this, including my co-workers, and I am trusting that God, in His wisdom and strength, will protect a large amount of people, and those who die will do so in His mercy. Death is not evil, bad or nasty, but it is a change – may God’s glory be shown in this time of what looks like chaos.