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The 10 biblical plagues of Florida
The 10 biblical plagues of FloridaRoy Peter Clark, Tampa Bay Times, 8/7/2021
This is what the Lord says: “By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hands I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood. The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink and the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.”
People of the Gulf Coast of Florida, does this passage strike you as familiar? Red Tide? Dead fish? Big stink?
Let’s see if we can list nine more Plagues of Florida: mosquitoes, flies, sharks, endless storms, floods and fires, dangerous heat and humidity, gun violence, economic recession, and, yes, a pandemic that struck us hard once, taking our old; and now, because we wouldn’t listen, it has struck again, threatening our young.
Where is Job to argue with God for us, to beg for some relief? The loss of paradise is an old, old story, right out of Genesis, the prelude to every biblical story that follows. Doesn’t it feel right here in Florida that we are losing paradise again?
People of the Gulf Coast of Florida, does this passage strike you as familiar? Red Tide? Dead fish? Big stink?
Let’s see if we can list nine more Plagues of Florida: mosquitoes, flies, sharks, endless storms, floods and fires, dangerous heat and humidity, gun violence, economic recession, and, yes, a pandemic that struck us hard once, taking our old; and now, because we wouldn’t listen, it has struck again, threatening our young.
Where is Job to argue with God for us, to beg for some relief? The loss of paradise is an old, old story, right out of Genesis, the prelude to every biblical story that follows. Doesn’t it feel right here in Florida that we are losing paradise again?
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https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/08/07/the-10-biblical-plagues-of-florida-column/