Weather or Not, God is in Control

By Mark McLaughlin

Weather or Not, God is in Control, is a book like no other that you have ever read.

Weather or Not, draws you in to the weather and natural phenomenon with scientific descriptions of what causes natural disasters and then uses various biblical stories of how Jesus, His disciples and followers, even the apostle Paul and Old Testament prophets like Elijah and Elisha were affected by weather.

Weather or Not, shows us how even though we see or endure chaos of events, God is still in control.

Grab some coffee or tea, sit back and enjoy reading. Pray to see how God will work and show you His sovereignty, His love and protection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098083069

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Weather or Not, God is in Control

Mark McLaughlin

ISBN 978-1-0980-8305-2 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-0980-8306-9 (digital)

Copyright © 2021 by Mark McLaughlin

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

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Table of Contents

Shaken, Earthquakes

A Mighty Rushing Wind

A Shaking and a Burning

Wildfires, Firestorm

Shaken in Darkness

Winter Storm Warning

Healing after the Shipwreck

Elijah, Weather & the Natural

Elijah! From a Loud voice, to a soft Whisper

Elijah, Elisha & the Whirlwind.

Tsunami

The Intensity of Storms

Caught in the Storm

Storm Surge

Wrath of Hurricanes

Interview with Meteorologist,

The Rainbow, God’s First Covenant

Eclipse, Into the Darkness

The Setting of both Sun and Moon!

The Moaning of Creation

What about the Forgotten?

Weather & Missions

Whiter than Snow

Did you feel the Mountains Tremble?

Worship & Weather, The Lighter Side

Prayers in the Storms

The Splendor and Might of Volcanos

Coming on the Clouds

Tornado Updates. 2020.

Shaken Update

Weather or Not Soundtrack

Foreword, Intensity by Margaret Giles

Iam proud and honored to be asked by my friend Mark McLaughlin to write this forward for his incredible book, Weather or Not, God is in Control,

I struggled to get the right words to describe and draw interest.

Weather or Not, God is in Control, makes you think. It makes you awaken to the world around you. Once I read this, I was in awe of how awesome our God is continually speaking boldly to His children.

This book and it’s author are calling out passionately for us to read God’s Word, to hear God’s Word of passion communicating Grace, Mercy and Love to His children.

I am excited for everyone to read and take a new awareness of the world we have been given, blessed to dwell and to take care of it.

The way Mark has presented and combined facts and adventure through his writing have been a great tool of discovery. I hope you too will join with me as I praise Jesus through Mark’s talent of writing. I know this has brought a new and fascinating awareness of the world we dwell in as well as an excitement to read the Word, as He speaks and Mark writes in Weather or Not, God is in Control.

Are we listening?

Acknowledgements & Thank Yours

Ihave many people to Thank, to acknowledge in all of their help and inspiration in writing Weather or Not, God is in Control.

My great friend, editing help. Margaret Giles. So much help and a long time waiting to get this to where it is. Could not have done as much without you.

Ryan, Harrison, Phyllis, Craig, Austin and Cooper Turner. My family away from my family. Our road trip and vacation adventures in Snowstorm, even Hurricanes, and a tornado or two near us. Much Love and Thanks for all of you.

The boys of Impact Small Group and On the Move Homeless Outreaches. John Wiese, Caleb Wiese, Gabe Wiese, Brennan Bradley, Anthony, Josh Scvantics, and many others.

Sean Bourgious, Tyra Bourgious. Sean, Thank you for showing me great exciting and fun places to eat, grab coffee, road trips to St. Francisville. Tyra, thank you for keeping that crazy car running.

Jake Eshpeter, great friend and meteorologist. Thank you for a good and informing interview.

Nils Arnell, Nils, Thank you for being a great host while Devoted Student Ministries Mission team in New York City. Thank you for keeping our environment clean. Keep serving my friend.

Pastors Todd and Rochelle Foster for confirming my writings by what God is saying to you through the Spirit.

Pastors Mike Haman and Healing Place Church Staff. Thank you for being a great Home church which I can grow in. Much has been learned, gained and put into action. Outreach is a Necessity. Serving is a Must

Heidi McLaughlin, Cody, Jessica and Fawn Kurtzo, Buck Dahlstrum., My true blood family. Thank you for being there. P rating God’s grace, love and mercy for all.

Emily, you are my Princess. Alfred, you keep our freedoms sure. Thank you for Biblical inspiration., constant encouragement and constant Prayers.

Sean Launey, Grant Jones, Andrew Boyce, thank you for being great Co-workers, keeping me on task with excellence.

Calm before the Storms, an Introduction

We make small talk about weather, just to break the ice, all pun intended. Weather affects so many facets of our lives, our work, our play time. It effects scheduling and our moods and thought processes. Weather affects our rest and vacations. What can you think of that weather is tied into?

If it’s brutally hot, or frigid cold, weather affects if we stay inside or how we dress. If the day is stormy or if it’s sunny and cloudless, we look to the forecast to see how long we can enjoy being outside. Weather affects the air quality, or we could also say, air quality affects the weather. How we view weather is how we enjoy our day.

Much like weather, our faith also influence our daily lives. Our faith of how we view God can influences our day to day decisions. The days when our faith is strong, we believe we can see miracles happen in and around us. On other days, we may get a bad news or we may not have been praying, and so our day may not go as we desired. Our faith may falter, but no matter which happens, if storms or shaking comes, we can be sure our God is in Control.

Storms and natural events happen all throughout the year, all throughout the world. Each season brings within them, times when it seems like the earth is falling apart at its seams, our should we say faults.

God only knows exactly what will or what can happen. He is in complete control. Our lives may be thrown into complete chaos and into the unknown, but He is in Control. The question for us, we as humans, are we prepared in peace? Or, when we meet the chaos, will we fall to pieces like a building in a 9.5 earthquake? Are we ready for the Aftermath of tornados, wildfires, Floods, Hurricanes or whatever disasters that may come?

In this book, Weather or Not, God is in Control, we will find out how our physical, Spiritual, mental and emotional survival strength are and whom we trust in the most.

So, come join me now for a new type of reading. A line of stories and chapters like none other that has been written. These stories of survival, strength, Spirit and Hope. These are stories of how we can find Peace, Hope and Comfort, even joy during or after the disasters.

We will read of earthquakes, tornados, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, even volcanos and such. We will read of snow storms, blizzards and tsunamis. The great floods which have ravaged not only America but other nations as well.

How do these storms and occurrences affect our internal storms? What have these storms taken from us? How can we respond in times of crisis? Will we be ready? Will we be the ones helping others, or will we be the ones receiving assistance?

So, now come with me in reading this book, Weather or Not, God is in Control! Whether we believe it or not, whether we trust Him or not, we can be assured God is in complete control.

Cat. 1

Acts of God, Part 1

From Jesus crucifixion through the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament Church.

Shaken, Earthquakes

In January 2010, the island nation of Haiti was struck by a highly intense earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. In March of 2011, on a Friday afternoon, the Pacific Coast city of Tohoku, Japan was hit with an even more devastating quake, which measured 9.0 to 9.1. This was a major quake, but what was to follow was an even greater and more devastating event. The tsunami which followed leveled all that which did not get broken in the quake. Just a few weeks before on February 22, 2011, a 6.2 quake struck Christchurch of New Zeeland. Years later, earthquakes would continue to destroy cities in Columbia, in Italy and February of 2018, Oaxaca, Mexico was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

In recent months of 2020, various cities in the United States have been feeling shaken. The are discussed in more detail found in the appendix of this book. From the West Texas town of Mentone experiencing one of its first shaking in a good while, to towns and areas going north into the Rocky Mountain Range, towns like Salt Lake City, Utah and north into Idaho. There is a shaking happening.

These major quakes seem to come in the early months of the year. Whichever