Around 11 PM last night all our phones caught the same local emergency text: Tornado Warning – get to shelter now. And this morning we woke up to limited widespread damage.

Every year, during spring, we are repeatedly encouraged to be Storm Aware by being prepared & having a plan.

Jesus would look at this and say: Luke 12:54–56 (ESV) — 54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. 55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

How Spiritually Aware are we? Do we see the empty, dying souls all around us? Do we notice their Biblical ignorance and illiteracy? Do we even care?

As a restoration movement we are encouraged to speak only where the Bible Speaks. We are the people who call Bible things by Bible names. And by doing this we lead people closer to God.

So, would it surprise you to know that the word “Easter” does not appear in our Bible? That it was made up by an 8th Century Anglo-Saxon priest, Bede, who derived it from the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eostre. Imagine that, if we wish someone “Happy Easter” we are invoking a fertility goddess blessing.

Friend learn to interpret the present time! Become spiritually aware instead of getting caught up in this world’s ignorance. Rather, without judging those outside (1 Cor.5:12) let us do what is right as we continue celebrating the Lord’s Supper every Lord’s Day (Acts 20:7; Mt.26:26ff) till He returns.