I became a weather warcher in 1963 when our family was welcomed to Kansas from South Georgia by a tornado passing in from of where we lived, then marching into tear up a nearby city. Did I mention that we were bivouaced in a mobile home, without tie-downs?

My college meterology professor was amazing, and taught us that there have been touch-down tornadoes recorded in all 48 continguous states. Tornadoes have also been recorded somewhere in the same forty-eight at least once on every calendar date. I’m not sure if that was comforting since we lived in “Tornado Alley.” It was great motivation to make sure the kids in my world took tornado drills seriously.

Scheduling engaging speakers for kindergarten through eighth grade was tricky as a school-age program coordinator. Two of the kids’ favorites were local tv meteorologists who shared that they have a 50-50 chance of making a spot-on forecast; they’re either right, or they’re wrong. One of them whispered to me later that most meteorologists know exactly who knows what the weather is going to do, when and where. I appreciated their honesty, and came to regard what seemed like forecast blunders as God’s sense of humor in reminding us that He’s sovereign over every aspect of our world.

Have you ever been in a season in your life that felt unpredictable, out-of-control? Probably most of us have. Isn’t it reassuring to know, that God intimately knows every season in our lives? He not only knows, He also cares deeply about our well-being as we pass through them. Whether it’s sunshine or tsunami, God’s in control. He’s in control and He’s got a plan for you, even when you’re experiencing “unseasonable weather.”

Here’s a little seasonal blast from the past . . .