When the Earth Quakes

Today, there was an earthquake here. A 5.9 earthquake. Who would have thought? Sitting at my computer, jotting notes for a kettle bell workout and the house started to rumble, sounded kind of a like a huge truck was driving by, but then, I knew it wasn't. The earth was shaking, my house was shaking, and even my body trembled at the sudden strangeness of it all.
When I hear the sounds of thunder and see the bolts of lightning cross the sky, I tremble. Not so much with fear, the kind that says "I am scared for my life". But fear, as in awe, that there is someone, no SOMEONE, Who controls every boom and flash. It makes me tremble at His awesomeness, His power. An earthquake kind of does the same thing, although a little more severely. I have often heard of earthquakes in other places and wondered at the mystery of it all. And I always think of this Scripture at every mention of an earthquake:
Matthew 24:6-8
New King James Version (NKJV)
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a]these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

I know that many people believe many things concerning the end of the world, the end of the age, the "rapture", the "tribulation". Many godly people disagree on these things. But today, as the ground quaked, I thought, "God, is that You? What are you doing? What are Your purposes for this thing?"

And while I am uncertain of when and how the end will come, I know it will come. And I am certain that there is a God and as certain as I am of that, I am certain that He is in control and that He can do whatever He pleases. When the earth quakes, I have peace. Peace that the God Who made the earth is with me and that He loves me. He proved His love to me by sending me a Redeemer to save me, to rescue me from me, from the pains of this sin-sick world. This world needs Jesus Christ. I need Him desperately. I cling to Him when the earth quakes or when my little world shakes with stresses and troubles and trials. He is more than able to hold me when things are shaking and in Whose hand would I rather be than the Creator Who holds all things together by the Word of His power.
I never leave His hands...