Heavy rain expected in Georgia

Heavy rain expected in Ga beginning tonight | ajc.com

According to this story, this is the least rain we've had through October 15 since 1954. If you take that alone you might think that we had a worse drought in 1954 than we're having now. I expect though, that when we consider how much the population of metro Atlanta has grown since 1954, that our current water consumption would far outweigh that of a 1954. When that is taken into consideration I think we could easily say that this is likely the worst drought in Georgia that any of us has seen in our lifetime. It was reported today that Lake Lanier, the source of most of the drinking water for metro Atlanta, has only about 81 days worth of water left.

As Christians we need to make praying for rain a very high priority in the days and weeks to come. Pray that we will get a lot of rain from these Thursday/Friday thunderstorms that are forecasted. Pray that the Lord will continue to send more rain our ways in the days to come. We also have a responsibility to lead the way in conserving water. Water conservation is not a lack of faith in God's provision, but is rather proper stewardship of what he has already provided. Jesus taught that he who is faithful with little is rewarded with much. I see no reason to believe that doesn't apply to our water also.

Let's pray like it all depends on God, and conserve like it all depends on us, because it does!