Waves of Mercy, Waves of Grace

It's easy to predict the score of the game in the final seconds of the 4th quarter. Therefore, you may not take this very seriously.

However, it occurred to me at some point during the Katrina disaster that maybe -- just maybe -- in God's beautiful way, it was a "wake up call" for something worse to come. That He was enabling us to learn our lessons before we would really need to know them.

And now comes Rita ... targeting a much more populated part of the Gulf Coast.

As I watched a news conference with Mayor White and Judge Eckels this morning, it was apparent that they were building off of lessons learned from Katrina. And as I watched people evacuate and prepare for the storm even before it entered the Gulf of Mexico, it was apparent that we had learned a thing or two.

So, as odd as it may sound, I want to thank God for Katrina and how He has used that disaster -- in His mercy and grace -- to prepare us and to get our attention.