The Texas floods make us question God, but we have to hang onto faith

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Flash floods in Kerr County, Texas have killed at least 104 people, including at least 27 girls and staff from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp that has been running for more than 100 years. A local pastor calls Christians to pray for those affected, and says many are asking why God allows such tragedy to happen

This is our rainy season here in Texas, but the rains we experienced last week have been unusual. They’ve been likened to hurricane-type storms, where the rain comes in and it just doesn’t go anywhere. Out in the hill country it is very rocky, so all that water runs quickly. A lot of places didn’t just get flooded; they just got completely swept away by all the water that fell in a very short amount of time.

There are similar camps to Camp Mystic all over America. Some campers go for a week or two. Some older children can be there for a month at a time. They have Christian counselors, speakers, Bible studies and games. It’s designed to help young people connect with the Lord and the Christian people around them.

A lot of people want to blame someone when things like this happen. But Camp Mystic has been in operation for almost 100 years, so we can’t blame the location or the people. This particular camp just happened to be in the area where that severe weather hit. A lot of the encampments in Texas are built along these old, dry riverbeds. For the last 100 years, very few of these places have been affected. The water may rise a little bit, but nothing like this particular storm event.