Acts of God

Hurricanes . . . Earthquakes . . . Floods . . . Tornadoes: such phenomena are classified as “Acts of God,” meaning they exist outside human control. Even oil spills caused by humans drilling holes in the earth’s crust receive the moniker “Act of God.”

My mom, lover of yellow and especially of yellow roses, died early this year. Our family wrote letters in which we chronicled her expressions of love for us and in which we penned our hopes for her. We read them in the open air, then burned them, giving her and our love for her into God’s hands. I scattered the letter ashes around the roots of our back-yard rosebushes. Come spring, one rose bush boasted an opulence of blooms—yellow. An “Act of God?”

I think so.

What, for you, are acts of God? love