Waiting for the Storm

Jesus tells us that we should always be prepared for the coming of the kingdom of God. Christ uses a parable of a man leaving his servants in charge of his house while he’s away on a journey and telling them to be alert for his return at any time. I thought of that need for constant preparedness this weekend, as I, along with most of the people living along the northeastern coast of the U.S., prepared and waited for a massive storm to hit my community. The storm, a combination of a late season hurricane named Sandy that blew up the Atlantic coast and another storm racing across the country, created a large system of low pressure with high winds and heavy rains. All of this struck the eastern seaboard just as a full moon brought the highest tides of the month to our beaches, causing widespread flooding.