“But God made the earth by His power, and He preserves it by His wisdom.
With His own understanding He stretched out the heavens.
When He speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He send lightening with the rain and releases the wind from His storehouses.”
(Jeremiah 10:12- 13, NLT)
“I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Pour out Your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge You – on the peoples that do not call upon Your name. For they have devoured Your people Israel; they have devoured and consumed them, making the land a desolate wilderness.” (Jeremiah 10:23-25)