On February 26-27, 2010 the 650 residents of the small town of Lajamanu, Australia witnessed 100s of perch fall from the clouds. Some of the fish were alive and some were dead as they fell during the two day period.  Scientists say that this type of activity is not unheard of, and they assume that a whirlwind or tornado had picked up the fish from a river or the sea and placed them in a freezing cloud. When the fish get tossed or sucked inside clouds they may freeze and eventually drop down after traveling 100s or 1,000s of miles.  The story can be read and verified at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/03/its-raining-fish-hallelujah-.html

I am sure most of you will want to verify that this story is true. Once you have verified the story, consider through time other recorded incidents like this have occurred.  Below is a list of some of these other incidents.

·         1st Century: Pliny The Elder wrote about storms of frogs and fish, foreshadowing many modern incidents.

·         1794: French soldiers stationed in Lalain, near Lille, reported toads falling from the sky during heavy rain.

·         1857: Sugar crystals as big as quarter of an inch in diameter fell over the course of two days in Lake County, California.

·         1876: A woman in Kentucky reported meat flakes raining from the sky. Tests found the meat was venison.

·         1902: Dust whipped up in Illinois caused muddy rain to fall over many north-eastern U.S. states.

·         1940: A tornado in Russia brought a shower of coins from the 16th Century.

·         1969: Golf balls fell from the sky on Punta Gorda in Florida (above).

·         1976: In San Luis Opisbo in California, blackbirds and pigeons rained from the sky for two days.

There is no doubt that the cloud activity is increasing. As one example consider the Iceland Volcano which continues to hinder air traffic and the ash clouds collect many items as it travels.  The volcanic ash clouds are now about 1,000 miles wide, and may last for another year. Also, consider the six million gallons of oil that have recently spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. This oil will have a strange effect on the water evaporation and what ends up in the clouds.  Imagine when this dark water mixed with oil evaporates and forms clouds in the sky?  Will these clouds be strange looking? Will these clouds start holding different types of objects?  Will these clouds become dark enough to make it appears as though the sun and moon turn different shades of color? 

What I do know is that God's chariots are the clouds, and He will send His Son Jesus to meet us in the Clouds.  What an exciting day to start imagining what might be happening in the clouds. I think I might start putting my head in the clouds! I also might start looking upward not only for my redemption (Luke Luke 21:28), but for my provision in these difficult times of need. I choose not to worry about the government's health plan; teasingly referred to as the Obama plan. What I need is an O'Manna plan where my provision comes from whatever source(s) God wants my provision to rain down from.  

Look up as your redemption is getting closer and closer!

^"When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." Luke 21:28