"The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant."
This verse made me desire to record my thoughts today on the Paradise Camp Fire in California. The entire city of Paradise burned to the ground and is no more. Literally the city is burned without inhabitant. How many helicopters roared as young lions above it while it burned? The whole thing makes me weep, but I know that this is a voice of warning to the people. Fires, floods, earthquakes, and whirlwinds are all the hand of God preparing and warning us to turn to Him, before it is to late. Some even listened.
This story was reported in The Church News today.
"Bishop Robert Harrison was commuting from his Paradise, California, home Thursday morning when a spiritual urge he couldn’t ignore hit hard.
“I had several promptings to turn around; turn around and go back,” he said Friday.
The wildfire that would eventually consume much of Paradise, destroy two of Bishop Harrison’s homes and incinerate the Latter-day Saint meetinghouse he loved seemed far off at that initial moment of inspiration.
But the winds were blowing, flames were moving, “and I knew I had to get my family out of there.”
He also sent out mass texts to the members issuing a similar plea to leave Paradise immediately."
It is a comfort that even though we maybe asked to pass through the fire, there will be a voice of warning to tell us when to flee.
"And this was their faith, that by so doing God would prosper them in the land, or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments of God that he would prosper them in the land; yea, warn them to flee, or to prepare for war, according to their danger;" (Alma 48:15)
Grateful for a good bishop that heeded that voice and saved his family and all those that listened to him. Homes can be rebuilt, but lives cannot be replaced.
It really brings to home the words of President Russell M. Nelson, "But in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost."
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints burns during Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif..
on Thursday, November 8, 2018. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle
Day 1322
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